dark matter

The galaxy named NGC 1052-DF2 is called a 'see-through' galaxy because it's missing most, if not all, of its dark matter. Credit: Reuters

Counterintuitive: Galaxy Without Dark Matter Asserts Dark Matter Is Real

Reuters 29/03/2018

Astronomers have discovered a sparsely populated galaxy devoid of...

An architectural installation at Fermilab, the high-energy particle physics research centre, in Illinois. Credit: recommend group/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Hopes for ‘New Physics’ Pave the Road to Rencontres

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/03/2018

The Rencontres de Moriond provides a snapshot of the...

An artist's impression of the universe's first stars, embedded in a sea of gas, with the cosmic microwave background radiation depicted along the edges. Credit: N.R. Fuller, National Science Foundation

Ancient Starlight Trapped in Cosmic Gas Offers Clues About Universe’s Firstborn Suns

Sandhya Ramesh 06/03/2018

… and with that, dark matter is not far...

Philip Pullman. Credit: Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Philip Pullman Sheds Light on Science and Religion in ‘His Dark Materials’

Kanta Dihal 28/10/2017

Pullman shows how science – like religion – can...

An image of the Narwapahar uranium mine, 12 km northwest of Jaduguda, Jharkhand. Credit: UCIL

Why Indian Physicists Are Setting up a Tricky Experiment in an Active Uranium Mine

R. Ramachandran 02/09/2017

Some have admitted that it won't be a full...

Physicists installing the CsI[Na] crystal in the Spallation Neutron Source facility. Credit: arXiv:1509.08702v2

Spotted 43 Years After Prediction: The Dim Light of Neutrinos Bumping Against Nuclei

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/08/2017

Making the discovery was like trying to accurately measure...

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Infinite in All Directions: Titanic Chemistry, the Alien Beacon, Geometric GIFs

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/03/2017

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