506 results for "dark energy"

Posted on Sep 26, 2018 in Biology, Dark Matter, Science Scientists believe that as many as a quarter of the microbes on earth could come from the roughly 30 phyla–a...

“Fluctuations measured by the Planck Satellite are like a precise arrow shot from the early Universe, and we have measured where the arrow landed with Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam,” said Surhud...

Posted on Jun 4, 2021 in Astronomy, Science, Space The weird shapes and colors of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos have inspired a long-standing debate about their origins....

Posted on Aug 29, 2018 This spring 2018, a black hole was detected by the Gaia Spacecraft growing so rapidly that it’s shining thousands of times more brightly than an...

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 “The Higgs boson is an integral component of our universe and theorized to give all fundamental particles their mass,” said Patty McBride, distinguished scientist at...

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 “Empty space seems to be nothing to us. By analogy, water may seem to be nothing to a fish – it’s what’s left when you...

Posted on Jul 28, 2018 in Astronomy, Science The Milky Way is filled with interstellar matter, gas and dust clouds that absorb the light from the stars that obscures the...

The presence of dark energy in our universe is causing space to expand at an accelerating rate,  observes Dan Hooper, a senior scientist with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. As a...

Posted on Jun 19, 2018 in Dark Matter, Science, Space, Universe Until today, nobody has conducted such a fifth force test with an exotic object like a neutron star. “There...

Somewhere in the vastness of the universe another habitable planet likely exists. And it may not be that far — astronomically speaking — from our own solar system. The camera...

“We use special telescopes to catch X-ray light in the sky, and while looking at these X-rays, the telescopes noticed an unexpected feature and captured a spectrum of light, which...

Posted on Apr 6, 2018 in Dark Matter, Galaxies, NASA Astronomers are back in the dark about what dark matter might be, after new observations showed the mysterious substance may...

Posted on Aug 11, 2021 in Astronomy, Cosmos, Physics “While it is certainly possible that axions — a hypothetical elementary particle predicted to be among the lightest particles in the...

Posted on Dec 29, 2017 in Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics, Science, Space The classical theory of gravity is in dire need of new approaches, since it doesn’t combine well with quantum...

Posted on Oct 3, 2017 “We now witness the dawn of a new field: gravitational wave astronomy,” Nils Mårtensson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics, said at the announcement...

What if gravity is an illusion, a cosmic side effect of something else going on at deeper levels of reality? The classical theory of gravity is in dire need of...

Posted on Aug 9, 2017 Only a small part of the universe consists of visible matter. By far the largest part is invisible and consists of dark matter and dark...

Posted on May 3, 2017 A mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars – the incredibly dense, rapidly spinning cores of...

Posted on Dec 19, 2016 in Uncategorized “So far we have collected about 1.8 billion cosmic rays, among them more than 1 million particles are high energy electrons,” Professor Fan...

Posted on Nov 3, 2016   In the search for the mysterious dark matter, physicists have used elaborate computer calculations to come up with an outline of the particles of...

Posted on Oct 29, 2016 in Astronomy, Science, Space New studies are providing increasingly sensitive results, slowly shrinking the box of parameters where dark matter particles can hide. The failure...

Posted on Aug 5, 2016 “Our Milky Way had an encounter with a small galaxy or massive dark matter structure perhaps as recently as 100 million years ago,” said Larry...

Posted on Mar 7, 2016 Scientists have long been puzzled about what makes Mercury’s surface so dark. The innermost planet reflects much less sunlight than the Moon, a body on...

Posted on Feb 19, 2016 in Uncategorized The sources of the high-energy cosmic neutrinos that are detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory buried in the Antarctic ice may be hidden...

Posted on Dec 15, 2015 in Uncategorized Galaxy clusters are massive congregations of galaxies that host huge reservoirs of hot gas — the temperatures are so high that X-rays are...

Dark matter makes up the majority of mass in our universe. However, we cannot directly measure the stuff as it doesn’t interact with electromagnetic radiation (i.e. it doesn’t emit or...

China's Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) announced Thursday that the National Radio Astronomy Observatory has been monitoring signals...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has passed rigorous centrifuge testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, simulating the intense forces it will experience during launch. The tests evaluated the…

A new generation of powerful telescopes is set to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. From the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) to the Rubin Observatory, these cutting-edge instruments will…

The Euclid Space Telescope, launched by the European Space Agency, has released its first detailed images of the universe as part of its mission to map the cosmos. This first…

NASA has completed the spacecraft bus for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a critical step toward launching this next-generation observatory in 2027. The spacecraft bus, responsible for transporting and…

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has provided groundbreaking insights into asteroid Bennu, revealing key clues about the origins of life on Earth and the potential existence of a fifth fundamental force in…

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a rare phenomenon in the Zwicky 8338 (Z8338) galaxy cluster, located 670 million light-years from Earth. Astronomers discovered two streams of superheated gas crossing…

For decades, the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model dominated cosmology, building on Big Bang theories. It proposed that the universe expanded from a hyperdense state, with spacetime expansion causing...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the field of astronomy, enabling researchers to make significant strides in our understanding of the cosmos. A recent breakthrough from the Flatiron Institute's Center...

NASA has successfully completed a series of critical tests on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's "visor," known formally as the Deployable Aperture Cover (DAC). This large, sunshade-like component is...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is celebrating its 25th anniversary by releasing never-before-seen images of NGC 6872, also known as the Peacock Galaxy. These new images showcase the largest known spiral...

The formation of galaxies is a topic that continues to intrigue astronomers and astrophysicists. Recent studies and observations have provided new insights into whether new galaxies are still being born...

NASA is set to launch an innovative artificial star into space, a mission designed to refine the accuracy of astronomical measurements. This groundbreaking project, named the Landolt mission, involves deploying...

Researchers are utilizing cutting-edge supercomputers to provide a detailed preview of what NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will observe in the cosmos. This...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has enabled astronomers to discover supernovae from the early Universe, providing a new window into the cosmos's formative years. These discoveries were made as...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid telescope has achieved a remarkable milestone by capturing its first science images, offering breathtaking views of the cosmos. These images showcase the telescope's ability...

This weekend’s stories include Why Ghost Particles Crashing Into Antarctica Could Change Astronomy Forever to What is the Shape of the Universe? and much more. Why the Ghost Particles Crashing...

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Posted on Oct 21, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, Multiverse, quantum physics, Science, Space News, Technology, Universe Today’s stories include NASA’s Webb Uncovers...

This weekend’s stories include: Iconic James Webb Images Show an Alien World in Unprecedented Detail to Is Dark Energy a Uniform Force Across Space and Time?, and much more. Frank...

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cosmology, Dark Energy, Extraterrestrial Life, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, Milky Way Galaxy, NASA, quantum physics, Science, Science...

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Posted on Jun 9, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Early Universe, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, Gravitational Waves, Milky Way Galaxy, quantum physics, Science, Technology, Universe Today’s stories range from Strange...