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Old Idea Spawns New Way To Study Dark Matter
May 30, 2007 — Astronomers have examined dark matter in the outer reaches of our galaxy in a new way. For the first time, they were able to employ triangulation -- a method rooted in ancient Greek geometry -- to ... > full story -
'Olympian Galaxy' Near Andromeda Gives Clues To How Galaxies Form
May 29, 2007 — A newly discovered dwarf galaxy in the Local Group has been found to have formed in a region of space far from our own and is falling into our system for the first time in its history, according to ... > full story -
Black Holes On The Loose
May 29, 2007 — Two merging black holes can generate gravitational waves so powerful that the merged hole shoots out of its host galaxy at a speed of up to 2,500 miles per second, according to a new ... > full story -
Cosmologists Predict A Static Universe In 3 Trillion Years
May 24, 2007 — When Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter proposed a static model of the universe in the early 1900s, he was some 3 trillion years ahead of his time. Now, some physicists predict that trillions of years ... > full story -
Hubble Finds Ring Of Dark Matter
May 15, 2007 — An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter that was formed long ago during a titanic collision between two massive ... > full story -
Is The Vacuum Empty? The Higgs Field And The Dark Energy
May 10, 2007 — The problems in understanding the true nature of the "vacuum" of space were discussed by a theoretical physicist CERN. From the point of view of cosmology, the vacuum appears to have an energy ... > full story -
Dark Matter May Be Easier To Find With New VERITAS Telescope Array
May 1, 2007 — Scientists in the Northern Hemisphere have opened a new window on the universe allowing them to explore and understand the cosmos at a much higher level of precision than was previously available. ... > full story -
Cosmologically Speaking, Diamonds May Actually Be Forever
April 25, 2007 — If you've ever wondered about the ultimate fate of the universe, Lawrence Krauss and Robert Scherrer have some good news -- sort of. The two physicists show that matter as we know it will remain as ... > full story -
Revamped Experiment Could Detect Elusive Particle, Physicists Say
April 24, 2007 — An experiment called "shining light through walls" would seem hard to improve ... > full story -
Mapping The Invisible: Dark Matter Charted Out To Five Billion Light Years
April 19, 2007 — Most of the matter in the Universe is not the ordinary kind made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, but an elusive "dark matter" detectable only from its gravity. Like a tenuous gas, dark matter ... > full story
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