Theoretical Physicists Suggest Dark Matter May Be Massive
In a new study, theoretical physicists from Case Western Reserve University suggest that dark matter may be massive and that the Standard Model may account…
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NASA Reaching New Heights to Reveal the Unknown Mysteries of Space
Multiple NASA missions are helping to explore the unknown regions of space and search for new insights about the origins of life. The new Paramount…
Study Reveals Indications That Dark Matter is Being Erased by Dark Energy
Newly published research reveals that dark matter is being swallowed up by dark energy, offering novel insight into the nature of dark matter and dark…
Astronomers Create 3D Map of the Distant Universe
Using a new technique similar to x-ray computer-tomographic imaging, a team of astronomers has created the first three-dimensional map of the adolescent Universe – just…
Scientists Simulate Astrophysical Jets
Using laser light and intense magnetic fields, an international team of scientists has simulated astrophysical jets in a laboratory environment for the first time. Astrophysical…
Slow-Growing Galaxies Help Reveal How the Very First Stars in Our Universe Formed
Using data from the Herschel mission, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, astronomers make some of the most accurate measurements yet of…
Astrophysicists Closer to Figuring Out the Mysteries of the Milky Way
Using data from the Russian spacecraft RadioAstron, astrophysicists are one step closer to figuring out the mysteries of our galaxy’s core. Is matter falling into…
Study Reveals Water on Earth is Older Than Our Sun
A newly published study from the Carnegie Institution for Science reveals that a significant fraction of our Solar System’s water is older than the Sun…
New Research Mathematically Proves Quantum Effects Stop the Formation of Black Holes
New research by Laura Mersini-Houghton at UNC-Chapel Hill mathematically proves that quantum effects are strong enough to stop the formation of black holes, opening up…
ALMA Sees Signs of Windy Weather Around an Infant Solar System
Using ALMA data, astronomers have observed what may be the first-ever signs of windy weather around a T Tauri star. Astronomers using the Atacama Large…
Large Galaxies Gain Size by Merging with Smaller Neighbors
A newly published study examined galaxy growth, revealing that massive galaxies are much less efficient at star formation than smaller galaxies and instead grew by…
A New Catalog of the Visible Milky Way
Astronomers used IPHAS data to create a new catalog of the visible part of the Milky Way, revealing no fewer than 219 million stars. A…
Astronomers Search for Trigger of Nearby Supernova
New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is helping astronomers determine what caused SN 2014J to explode, revealing information about the environment around the star…
Interactions between Cold Dark Matter and Radiation Leads to a Dramatic Reduction in Satellite Galaxies
A newly published study from Durham University shows that interactions between cold dark matter and radiation lead to a dramatic reduction in the number of…
Experimental Cosmologists Probe Beyond the Big Bang
Cornell’s experimental cosmology research group recently announced the first results from a Cosmic Microwave Background study using a polarization-sensitive camera (ACTPol). A long tradition of…
New Research Explores Cosmological Simulations of Multicomponent Cold Dark Matter
New breakthrough research on dark matter explores dark matter candidates as quantum flavor-mixed particles and demonstrates that the two-component dark matter model agrees with observational…
Pebble-Size Particles May Represent a New Class of Interstellar Particles
A team of astronomers has discovered that filaments of star-forming gas near the Orion Nebula may be brimming with pebble-size particles. If confirmed, these particles…
New ScienceCasts Video: Evidence for Supernovas Near Earth
A new four minute ScienceCasts video examines evidence that our solar system is inside a bubble of hot gas created by supernova explosions. ScienceCasts: Evidence…