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Study Finds that Amount of Dark Matter in Dragonfly 44 Galaxy is as Predicted

How galaxies form is hard to understand currently without the existence of an omnipresent yet enigmatic component called dark matter.

14 Oct 2020

UMD Astronomers Provide the Most Complete Picture of Neutron Star Merger

It's been three years since the landmark detection of a neutron star merger from gravitational waves.

13 Oct 2020

Researchers Spot Rare Burst of Light from Star Gobbled by Supermassive Black Hole

Researchers have used telescopes from across the globe to observe a rare burst of light from a star as it is gobbled by a supermassive black hole.

13 Oct 2020

New Way to Analyze Quark–Gluon Plasma that Forms in Heavy Nuclei Collisions

The CMS collaboration has observed signs for the existence of top quarks during collisions between heavy nuclei at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

12 Oct 2020

Transportable Radio Telescopes Used for Precise Comparisons of Best Atomic Clocks

Researchers have connected optical atomic clocks on each continent by observing distant stars through radio telescopes.

9 Oct 2020

Study Shows Gravitational Waves Encode Shape of Merging Black Holes

Among the most captivating things in the universe, black holes are interesting candidates.

9 Oct 2020

Researchers Measure Temperature for the Largest Ever Sample of Super Flares

Ultraviolet light from giant stellar flares can destroy a planet's habitability.

8 Oct 2020

"Triplet Superconductivity" Phenomenon in Diamond Revealed

Diamonds have a firm foothold in our lexicon. Their many properties often serve as superlatives for quality, clarity and hardiness.

8 Oct 2020

Study Finds Evidence that Higgs Boson Decays into Muons

In 2012, when the Higgs boson was eventually discovered in a mix of other particles produced at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland, it gained fame overnight.

8 Oct 2020

SPRINT Funding to Support Iota Technology’s Development of Novel Geomagnetic Monitoring Satellite

Iota Technology has signed up to the national SPRINT business support programme to collaborate with the University of Southampton on a major nanosatellite design project.

8 Oct 2020