Physics
What is CERN?
Here's another great video from Sixty Symbols featuring professor Ed Copeland giving his entertaining description of CERN, the "Mecca for…
Euclid and the Geometry of the Dark Universe
Euclid, an exciting new mission to map the geometry, distribution and evolution of dark energy and dark matter has just…
Could ‘Mirror Neutrons’ Account for Unobservable Dark Matter?
Could mirror universes or parallel worlds account for dark matter -- the ‘missing’ matter in the Universe? In what seems…
Dark Matter Makes a Comeback
[/caption] Recent reports of dark matter's demise may be greatly exaggerated, according to a new paper from researchers at the…
How Small Are Atoms?
Here on Universe Today we often discuss things that exist on the atomic and sub-atmonic scale. Even though astronomy is…
‘Seeing’ Cosmic Rays in Space
Astronauts have long reported the experience of seeing flashes while they are in space, even when their eyes are closed.…
The Case of the Missing Dark Matter
[/caption] A survey of the galactic region around our solar system by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has turned up…
Finding Out What Dark Matter Is – And Isn’t
Astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope have been looking for evidence of suspected types of dark matter particles within…
Neutrinos Obey The Speed Limit, After All
[/caption] Neutrinos have been cleared of allegations of speeding, according to an announcement issued today by CERN and the ICARUS…
ALPHA Closes in on Antimatter
[/caption] We live in a universe made of matter. But at the moment of the Big Bang, matter and antimatter…