Signs of 'spider' phenomenon on Mars
ESA's Mars Express has snapped the telltale traces of "spiders" scattered across the southern polar region of Mars.
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New evidence for the nature of matter from ancient galaxies in the early universe
Astrophysicists in Italy have shed new light on the nature of matter from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detection of galaxies from 13 billion years ago and novel state-of-the-art numerical simulations of the first ...
Astronomy
Apr 4, 2023
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Dark energy discovery a decade in the making: New supernova insights offer clues to the expansion of the universe
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have contributed to a landmark study that complicates our understanding of the universe.
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2024
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NASA's next major telescope to see the big picture of the universe
NASA is beginning to design its next big astrophysics mission, a space telescope that will provide the largest picture of the universe ever seen with the same depth and clarity as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomy
Dec 22, 2017
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Gaia reveals that most Milky Way companion galaxies are newcomers to our corner of space
Data from ESA's Gaia mission is re-writing the history of our galaxy, the Milky Way. What had traditionally been thought of as satellite galaxies to the Milky Way are now revealed to be mostly newcomers to our galactic environment.
Astronomy
Nov 25, 2021
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Does some dark matter carry an electric charge?
Astronomers have proposed a new model for the invisible material that makes up most of the matter in the Universe. They have studied whether a fraction of dark matter particles may have a tiny electrical charge.
Astronomy
May 30, 2018
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A new experiment to understand dark matter
Is dark matter a source of a yet unknown force in addition to gravity? The mysterious dark matter is little understood and trying to understand its properties is an important challenge in modern physics and astrophysics. ...
General Physics
Jun 15, 2018
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Scientists develop new, faster method for seeking out dark matter
For nearly a century, scientists have worked to unravel the mystery of dark matter—an elusive substance that spreads through the universe and likely makes up much of its mass, but has so far proven impossible to detect ...
General Physics
Feb 10, 2021
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First release of images demonstrates Euclid space telescope's potential
Two things are needed to understand how the universe came into being and how it has evolved to its present form. Cosmological computer models employ the laws of physics to depict the universe's expected appearance today, ...
Astronomy
Nov 11, 2023
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Researchers interpret new experimental data aimed at showing dark matter interacts with ordinary matter
An international team of scientists that includes University of California, Riverside, physicist Hai-Bo Yu has imposed conditions on how dark matter may interact with ordinary matter—constraints that can help identify the ...
General Physics
Jul 13, 2018
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