News tagged with matter density

Graphite enters different states of matter

(Phys.org) -- For the first time, scientists have seen an X-ray-irradiated mineral go to two different states of matter in about 40 femtoseconds (a femtosecond is one quadrillionth of a second).

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists model physics of a key dark-energy probe

Ohio State University researchers are leveraging powerful supercomputers to investigate one of the key observational probes of "dark energy," the mysterious energy form that is causing the expansion of the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Antigravity could replace dark energy as cause of Universe's expansion

Since the late 20th century, astronomers have been aware of data that suggest the universe is not only expanding, but expanding at an accelerating rate. According to the currently accepted model, this accelerated ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (30) | comments 187 | with audio podcast

Shining new light on dark energy with galaxy clusters

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists' murky understanding of dark energy may have just gotten a little clearer, thanks to recent work by a team of researchers that includes astrophysicist Neelima Sehgal of the Kavli ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Astrophysicists cast doubt on link between excess positrons and dark matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astrophysicists are looking everywhere - inside the Large Hadron Collider, in deep mines and far out into space - for evidence of dark matter, which makes up about 25 percent of the energy density of the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

New Data Suggests We Don’t Live in a Void, and Supports Dark Energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- An alternative proposal to dark energy in which the Earth sits near the center of a large void is undergoing scrutiny, and the results show that void models fit poorly with observed data. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (37) | comments 75 feature