Dark Matter May Be Annihilating Itself at the Heart of the Milky Way
A strange energy source at the center of the Milky Way may be a new type of dark matter. Scientists found that hydrogen gas ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN15 天
The Most Extreme Cosmic Rays Ever Detected May Be Coming from Right Next Door—Not Deep Space
For years, astronomers have searched for the origins of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, the most powerful particles in the universe. These energetic travelers move at nearly the speed of light, packing ...
IFLScience11 天
Why Are Scientists Going Underground To Find Dark Matter?
“Radio purity is a big problem for scientists because they can't get their dark matter detectors with exactly no background ...
Things are looking down for cutting-edge cosmic observatories
Opinion High energy neutrinos are the coolest particles in astrophysics. Born in distant cosmic cataclysms, they speed ...
‘Every day it could their last’: NASA powers down Voyager probe to stay alive
NASA powers down Voyager probes to save power. Instruments shut off to extend life, as the trailblazing spacecraft push the ...
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Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
An X-ray observatory used to study neutron stars is “back in the black” and a cosmic ray detector is ready for possible future upgrades after two astronauts completed a spacewalk outside the ...
Einstein was wrong? Scientists may have found Dark Matter’s first signal
Scientists may have detected dark matter’s first signal through ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. If true, it could challenge ...
Space.com25 天
Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with ...
"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic rays are produced in the jets of microquasars." Using 16 years of data ...