Types of dark matter
So the fluctuations in baryons can t grow up on their own to be galaxies. We have to help them along with non-baryonic dark matter…
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Credit: Karl Tate, Space.com Infographics Artist The signal s distribution within the galaxy corresponds exactly to what we were expecting…
Read MoreDiscovery of dark matter
Observations by two powerful space telescopes have revealed that the mysterious stuff that makes up nearly 85 percent of the universe’s…
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The solar system might be a lot hairier than we thought. A new study publishing this week in the Astrophysical Journal by Gary Prézeau…
Read MoreGravity and dark matter
People do not like Stacey McGaugh s ideas of dark matter. In fact, when I talked to the astronomy researcher a couple of years ago…
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A few years ago, this blog looked at some work examining the likely effect of dark matter on the human body. The thinking was that…
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From: Damian The short answer is that we re not sure - scientists have not yet discovered what dark matter really is, and so we can…
Read MoreDark matter explained
Astronomers know more about what dark matter is not than what it actually is. Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist Most…
Read MoreMatter made
Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter and bind together to make elements. Elements are a substance that can only have one type…
Read MoreGalactic dark matter
Last week (November 18, 2015), Caltech announced a new and surprising measurement for the mass of the small, nearby galaxy Triangulum…
Read MoreBlack matter Theory
For everything we know about the Universe, such as the existence of black holes and dark matter, there are many more things that we…
Read MoreDefine matter in science
Matter is everything around you. Atoms and molecules are all composed of matter. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space…
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