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NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Detects Possible Dark Matter Signals

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found a signal at the center of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy that could indicate the presence of the mysterious stuff known as dark matter.

22 Feb 2017

Astrophysicists Study Surprising Changes in Appearance of Supermassive Black Hole

Members of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have been studying changes in the appearance of emission from around the supermassive black hole in the centre of a galaxy known to astronomers as NGC 2617.

22 Feb 2017

Researchers Explore Effect of Galaxy’s Gravitational Field on Determining Coordinates of Distant Sources

Our Galaxy's gravitational field limits the accuracy of astrometric observations of distant objects.

22 Feb 2017

Path Integral Techniques Make Precise Description of Quantum Nuclear Fluctuations Possible in Atomistic Modeling

High-order path integral factorizations promise faster convergence of quantum mechanical properties of nuclei in atomistic modelling.

20 Feb 2017

Researchers Explain How Rare Isotopes Shed Light on the Evolution of Visible Matter in Universe

Imagine being able to view microscopic aspects of a classical nova, a massive stellar explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star (about as big as Earth), in a laboratory rather than from afar via a telescope.

20 Feb 2017

Researchers Examine Ultrafast Laser-Excited Magnetization Dynamics of LSMO Thin Films with BFO Coating Layers

Ultrafast non-equilibrium magnetization in correlated spin systems is extensively studied in recent years. At both fundamental and application levels, ultrafast laser pulse excitation and dynamics measurement provide an effective path to the fast optical detection, as well as for the control of the magnetic order.

20 Feb 2017

Caltech's Stan Whitcomb Gives Talk About Historic Detection of Gravitational Waves at AAAS Meeting

Caltech's Stan Whitcomb, who has been involved with nearly every aspect of the development and ultimate success of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), will give a talk about the project's historic detection of gravitational waves on February 19 at 1 p.m.

20 Feb 2017

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Spotlights Celestial Sidekick

This image was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), a highly efficient wide-field camera covering the optical and near-infrared parts of the spectrum.

20 Feb 2017

Radial Acceleration Relation Exists in All Common Types of Galaxies, Say Researchers

The distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration in all common types of galaxies, a team led by Case Western Reserve University researchers reports.

17 Feb 2017

NASA and MIT collaborate to develop space-based quantum-dot spectrometer

A NASA technologist and an MIT chemist have collaborated to develop a prototype spectrometer to detect light in space based on quantum-dot technologies. This could potentially revolutionise space-based spectrometry.

By Alan Roper 17 Feb 2017

U of T Researchers Demonstrate New Way to Increase Resolution of Microscopes and Telescopes

University of Toronto researchers have demonstrated a way to increase the resolution of microscopes and telescopes beyond long-accepted limitations by tapping into previously neglected properties of light.

16 Feb 2017

Scientists Examine Spin Electronics as Alternative to Conventional Computing Technology

Modern computer technology is based on the transport of electric charge in semiconductors. But this technology's potential will be reaching its limits in the near future, since the components deployed cannot be miniaturized further.

16 Feb 2017

Researchers Explore Interplay of Various Dynamic Mechanisms Affecting Number of Stars in Galaxy

Scientists from MIPT, the University of Oxford, and the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences estimated the number of stars disrupted by solitary supermassive black holes in galactic centers formed due to mergers of galaxies containing supermassive black holes.

16 Feb 2017

Rare Star in Pegasus Constellation Expands and Contracts in Unique Pattern in Three Directions

Astronomers are reporting a rare star as big -- or bigger -- than the Earth's sun and that is expanding and contracting in a unique pattern in three different directions.

15 Feb 2017

Physicists Elaborate New Technique for Creation of Entangled Photon States

Members of the Faculty of Physics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University have elaborated a new technique for creation of entangled photon states, exhibiting photon pairs, which get correlated (interrelated) with each other.

15 Feb 2017

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NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Detects Possible Dark Matter Signals

Astrophysicists Study Surprising Changes in Appearance of Supermassive Black Hole

Researchers Explore Effect of Galaxy’s Gravitational Field on Determining Coordinates of Distant Sources

Path Integral Techniques Make Precise Description of Quantum Nuclear Fluctuations Possible in Atomistic Modeling

Researchers Explain How Rare Isotopes Shed Light on the Evolution of Visible Matter in Universe

Researchers Examine Ultrafast Laser-Excited Magnetization Dynamics of LSMO Thin Films with BFO Coating Layers

Caltech's Stan Whitcomb Gives Talk About Historic Detection of Gravitational Waves at AAAS Meeting

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Spotlights Celestial Sidekick

Radial Acceleration Relation Exists in All Common Types of Galaxies, Say Researchers

NASA and MIT collaborate to develop space-based quantum-dot spectrometer

U of T Researchers Demonstrate New Way to Increase Resolution of Microscopes and Telescopes

Scientists Examine Spin Electronics as Alternative to Conventional Computing Technology

Researchers Explore Interplay of Various Dynamic Mechanisms Affecting Number of Stars in Galaxy

Rare Star in Pegasus Constellation Expands and Contracts in Unique Pattern in Three Directions

Physicists Elaborate New Technique for Creation of Entangled Photon States

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