May 16, 2024 01:48 am UTC| Science
Physicists consider black holes one of the most mysterious objects that exist. Ironically, theyre also considered one of the simplest. For years, physicists like me have been looking to prove that black holes are more...
May 11, 2024 12:14 pm UTC| Science
One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
Apr 26, 2024 01:34 am UTC| Science
About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...
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A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...
Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light
Apr 26, 2024 01:30 am UTC| Science
A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...
A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars
Apr 24, 2024 09:34 am UTC| Science
While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects