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Scientists find hint of dark matter from cosmos

Cosmic Ray Detector - AP

A $2 billion experiment on the International Space Station is on the verge of explaining one of the more mysterious building blocks of the universe: The dark matter that helps hold the cosmos together....

 

Dark matter theory 'may be wrong'

Scientists’ predictions of the formation and characteristics of dark matter are shaken by research into dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way.

 

Dark Matter Is an Illusion, New Antigravity Theory Says

Dark Matter Is an Illusion, New Antigravity Theory Says

The mysterious substance may not be needed, according to a new theory of gravitational interactions between matter and antimatter.

 

Dark energy flattens the Universe

Researchers have developed a simple geometrical method to add weight to the idea that ours is a flat, dark-energy-rich Universe.

 

Physicists unlock mystery of subatomic particle

Physicists unlock mystery of subatomic particle

European researchers observe for the first time a transformation in neutrinos, evidence that they have mass. It's an important step in understanding the universe's dark matter.

 

Dark Matter Filament Detected Near the Milky Way

Dark Matter Filament Detected Near the Milky Way

Theoretical calculations done by astrophysicists at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem led by Professor Avishai Dekel, show that low mass galaxies can form when intergalactic gas streams into dark matter haloes and not by intergalactic gas heated by a virial shock to millions of degrees.

 

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