Posts Tagged ‘dark matter’
Science & Technology - Mar 5, 2010 12:31 - 1 Comment
Dark matter ‘bump’ detected deep underground
MINNESOTA (US)—Physicists have recorded two interactions of subatomic particles whose signals look like those expected from the dark matter that gives shape to galaxies and forms the bulk of the Universe. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2010 12:55 - 0 Comments
Simulated galaxies resemble real ones
WASHINGTON (US)—Using millions of hours on supercomputers, researchers have run simulations of galaxy formation and produced dwarf galaxies very much like those observed today by satellites and large telescopes around the world. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2010 10:58 - 5 Comments
So, why is the Milky Way a barred spiral?
CALTECH (US)—For the first time, two astronomers have explained the diversity of galaxy shapes seen in the universe. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 26, 2009 16:02 - 0 Comments
Zeroing in on supernova distance
Remnant of a supernova. (Credit: NASA)
Science & Technology - May 11, 2009 11:58 - 0 Comments
Dark energy model suggests frozen universe
VANDERBILT (US)—Imagine a time when the entire universe froze. According to a new model for dark energy, that is essentially what happened about 11.5 billion years ago, when the universe was a quarter of the size it is today. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 3, 2009 10:52 - 0 Comments
80 telescopes. 24 hours. One world.
U. CHICAGO (US)—“Around the World in 80 Telescopes” is a live 24-hour webcast, following night and day around the globe to some of the most advanced observatories both on and off the planet. The webcasts start Friday, April 3, in Hawaii, then move around the world. (more…)
