Dark Matter Core of Abell 520 Differs from Bullet Cluster
Using gravitational lensing, a team of scientists believed they have observed dark matter in Abell 520. The dark matter is not behaving as predicted and…
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The Bolshoi Simulation: Boxing the Universe
The Bolshoi simulation is the most accurate cosmological simulation of the evolution of the large-scale structure of the universe. Larger simulations, including the BigBolshoi and…
Lab Experiment to Determine if Antimatter Weighs More than Baryonic Matter
Physicists at the University of California, Riverside, have set forward lab experiments to determine if antimatter behaves differently in gravity than baryonic matter. This could…
Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Measures the Universe’s Expansion and Dark Energy
One of nature’s biggest mysteries, dark energy, is being explored thanks to a deceptively simple tool that David Schlegel came up with. 2,200 aluminum plates,…
Researchers Discover Dark Galaxy 10 Billion Light Years From Earth
Using the 10-meter Keck-11 Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, a team of researchers discovered a dark dwarf galaxy 9.8 billion light-years from Earth. This is…
SN Primo Is Farthest Type Ia Supernova Discovered
Supernova Primo originated 9 billion years ago, when its progenitor star exploded. The light was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope by a three-year project…
