Strange things are happening in the Milky Way. According to a new analysis of data from the Gaia satellite, the closest star cluster to our Solar System is currently tearing apart, disrupted …
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Tiny, nearly undetectable primordial black holes could be one of the mysterious sources of mass that contribute to dark matter. There are significant limits to their lifespan in open space, but in …
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Scientists are finally finding out how dark matter – almost imperceptible material said to tug on everything, yet emits no light – actually weighs. The new conjecture helps explain how heavy its …
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We do not know what dark matter is, but scientists now have a better idea of what to look for. On the basis of quantum gravity, physicists have worked beyond the new, …
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Since ancient times, philosophers and scholars have considered the beginning of time and have also tried to determine when all things began. It has only been in the era of modern astronomy …
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For some time, physicists have hunted primitive black holes, alien objects that could have formed in the early universe, giving rise to a whole series of cosmic sheenigans. Using a huge 8.2-meter-wide …
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The Movile cave of southeastern Romania will not top your holiday destination list: no light goes down, the air is dense with toxic gases, and it has been exposed to the outside …
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Jupiter may be the most famous storm in the solar system, but that doesn’t mean it gets all fun – and Neptune has just presented scientists with a dose. Although storm vortices …
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A small mysterious galaxy 44 million light years away is finally revealing its secrets. As revealed last year that there is an extremely small amount of dark matter, the galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 …
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In all known space, between stars and galaxies, there is an extremely misty glow, a remnant of the dawn of the universe. It is the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the first light …
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