New research suggests explosive 'axion stars' could pinpoint where and what dark matter is
We could be closer to understanding the mystery behind what dark matter is, following new research from physicists at King's College London.
We could be closer to understanding the mystery behind what dark matter is, following new research from physicists at King's College London.
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In 1991, the University of Utah Fly's Eye experiment detected the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed. Later dubbed the Oh-My-God particle, the cosmic ray's energy shocked astrophysicists. Nothing in our galaxy had the ...
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