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NASA And DOE Collaborate On Dark Energy Research
NASA and the U.S. Department
of Energy have signed a
memorandum of understanding
for the implementation of
the Joint Dark Energy
Mission, or JDEM. The
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Iconic Rings And Flares Of Galaxies Created By Violent, Intergalactic Collisions
The bright pinwheels and
broad star sweeps iconic of
disk galaxies such as the
Milky Way might all be the
shrapnel from massive,
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Mysterious Source Of High-Energy Cosmic Radiation Discovered: Nearby Exotic Object?
Scientists have discovered a
previously unidentified
nearby source of high-energy
cosmic rays. The finding was
made with a NASA-funded
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Billions Of Particles Of Anti-matter Created In Laboratory
Take a gold sample the size
of the head of a push pin,
shoot a laser through it,
and suddenly more than 100
billion particles of
anti-matter appear. The
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Giant Simulation Could Solve Mystery Of 'Dark Matter'
November 6, 2008 — The search for a mysterious substance which makes up most of the universe could soon be at an end, according to new ... > full story -
Fingers, Loops And Bays In The Crab Nebula's Pulsar Wind Viewed By Chandra X-ray Observatory
November 6, 2008 — NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has provided the first clear view of the faint boundary of the Crab Nebula's X-ray-emitting pulsar wind ... > full story -
The Great Cosmic Challenge
October 29, 2008 — Today cosmologists are challenging the world to solve a compelling statistical problem, to bring us closer to understanding the nature of dark matter and energy which makes up 95 per cent of the ... > full story -
Throwing Light On The Dark Side Of The Universe
October 22, 2008 — Although we may believe humans know a lot about the Universe, there are still a lot of phenomena to be explained. A team of cosmologists are searching for the model that best explains the evolution ... > full story -
'Filament' Of Dark Matter Supports 'Bubbly' Universe Theory
October 21, 2008 — Despite thousands of years of research, astronomers know next to nothing about how the universe is structured. One strong and accepted theory is that large galaxies are clustered together on ... > full story -
Listening To Dark Matter: New Clues From Lab Deep Underground
October 20, 2008 — Researchers in Canada have made a bold stride in the struggle to detect dark matter. The PICASSO collaboration has documented the discovery of a significant difference between the acoustic signals ... > full story -
The 'Magnificent Seven' Of European Astroparticle Physics Unveiled To The World
September 30, 2008 — Today Europeans presented to the world their strategy for the future of astroparticle physics. What is dark matter? What is the origin of cosmic rays? What is the role of violent cosmic processes? ... > full story -
Dark Energy: Is It Merely An Illusion?
September 29, 2008 — Dark energy is at the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics, but it may be nothing more than an illusion, according physicists at Oxford ... > full story -
Unique Dark-energy Probe To Measure More Than A Million Galaxies And Quasars
September 25, 2008 — A unique dark-energy probe called BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is a crucial component of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's third program. Led by physicists at the US Department of ... > full story -
Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Detected Across Billions Of Light Years
September 24, 2008 — Scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. The cause, they suggest, is the gravitational attraction of matter that lies beyond the observable ... > full story
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