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Recreating a Slice of the Universe: Computational Approach Follows Thousands of Galaxies Over Billions of Years
August 15, 2012 — Scientists have invented a new computational approach that can accurately follow the birth and evolution of thousands of galaxies over billions of years. For the first time it is now possible to ... > full story -
This Is Not a Pipe: Curious Dark Pipe Nebula Seen as Never Before
August 15, 2012 — Just as René Magritte wrote “This is not a pipe” on his famous painting, this is also not a pipe. It is however a picture of part of a vast dark cloud of interstellar dust called ... > full story -
Quark Matter’s Connection With the Higgs: Heavy Ion Collisions Delve Deeper Into the Origin of (Visible) Mass
August 14, 2012 — You may think you've heard everything you need to know about the origin of mass. After all, scientists colliding protons at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe recently presented stunning ... > full story -
Gamma Rays from Galactic Center Could Be Evidence of Dark Matter
August 13, 2012 — Gamma-ray photons seen emanating from the center of the Milky Way galaxy are consistent with the intriguing possibility that dark-matter particles are annihilating each other in space, according to ... > full story -
Plenty of Dark Matter Near the Sun
August 9, 2012 — Astronomers have found large amounts of invisible "dark matter" near the Sun. Their results are consistent with the theory that the Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by a massive "halo" of dark matter, ... > full story -
First BOSS Data: 3-D Map of 500,000 Galaxies, 100,000 Quasars
August 8, 2012 — Now available to the public: spectroscopic data from over 500,000 galaxies up to 7 billion light years away, over 100,000 quasars up to 11.5 billion light years away, and many thousands of other ... > full storyMore: -
Deep-Sea Squid Can 'Jettison Arms' as Defensive Tactic
August 2, 2012 — A researcher has observed a never-before-seen defensive strategy used by a small species of deep-sea squid in which the animal counter-attacks a predator and then leaves the tips of its arms attached ... > full story -
Theoretical Physicists Probe the Majorana Mystery
August 1, 2012 — Physicists close in on a subatomic particle that could enable the next generation of supercomputers and illuminate the inscrutability of cosmic dark ... > full story -
Dark Galaxies of the Early Universe Spotted for the First Time
July 11, 2012 — Dark galaxies are small, gas-rich galaxies in the early Universe that are very inefficient at forming stars. They are predicted by theories of galaxy formation and are thought to be the building ... > full story -
Hubble Unmasks Ghost Galaxies
July 10, 2012 — Astronomers are studying some of the smallest and faintest galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood. These galaxies are fossils of the early Universe: They have barely changed for 13 billion years. The ... > full story
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