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Millisecond pulsars are likely to account for dark matter signal in galactic centre
Feb 07, 2016 (SPX)
The puzzling excess of gamma rays from the centre of the Milky Way probably originate from rapidly rotating neutron stars, or millisecond pulsars, and not from ...
Millisecond Pulsars Likely Account for Signal in Galactic Center
Feb 05, 2016 (SPX)
The puzzling excess of gamma rays from the center of the Milky Way probably originates from rapidly rotating neutron stars, or millisecond pulsars, and not from...
Turbulent times: When stars approach
Feb 05, 2016 (SPX)
When we look at the night sky, we see stars as tiny points of light eking out a solitary existence at immense distances from Earth. But appearances are deceptiv...
A violent wind blown from the heart of a galaxy tells the tale of a merger
Feb 05, 2016 (SPX)
An international team led by a researcher from Hiroshima University has succeeded in revealing the detailed structure of a massive ionized gas outflow streaming...
Galactic center's gamma rays unlikely to originate from dark matter, evidence shows
Feb 04, 2016 (SPX)
Bursts of gamma rays from the center of our galaxy are not likely to be signals of dark matter but rather other astrophysical phenomena such as fast-rotating st...
Bright sparks shed new light on the dark matter riddle
Feb 01, 2016 (SPX)
The origin of matter in the universe has puzzled physicists for generations. Today, we know that matter only accounts for 5% of our universe; another 25% is con...
Giant gas cloud boomeranging back into Milky Way
Jan 29, 2016 (SPX)
Since astronomers discovered the Smith Cloud, a giant gas cloud plummeting toward the Milky Way, they have been unable to determine its composition, which would...
Making new stars by 'adopting' stray cosmic gases
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
Among the most striking objects in the universe are glittering, dense swarms of stars known as globular clusters. Astronomers had long thought globular clusters...
The Milky Way's clean and tidy galactic neighbor
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
IC 1613 is a dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). This VST image shows the galaxy's unconventional beauty, all scattered stars and brig...
Understanding Universe's Secrets with Euclid Spacecraft
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
Dark matter and dark energy are two of the most greatest mysteries of the universe, still perplexing scientists worldwide. Solving these scientific conundrums m...
Galaxy Clusters Reveal New Dark Matter Insights
Jan 26, 2016 (JPL)
Dark matter is a mysterious cosmic phenomenon that accounts for 27 percent of all matter and energy. Though dark matter is all around us, we cannot see it or fe...
Mechanical quanta see the light
Jan 25, 2016 (SPX)
Quantum physics is increasingly becoming the scientific basis for a plethora of new "quantum technologies". These new technologies promise to fundamentally chan...
How the first stars sprung to life in early universe
Jan 25, 2016 (SPX)
A team of researchers has observed the brightest ultra metal-poor star ever discovered. The star is a rare relic from the Milky Way's formative years. As such, ...
China's Monkey King sharpens eyes to search for dark matter
Jan 22, 2016 (XNA)
Scientists have begun calibrating China's first dark matter probe in order to produce more accurate data, more than a month after the detector started to search...
Dark 'noodles' may lurk in the Milky Way
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
Invisible structures shaped like noodles, lasagne sheets or hazelnuts could be floating around in our Galaxy radically challenging our understanding of gas cond...
Signs of Second Largest Black Hole in the Milky Way
Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)
Astronomers using the Nobeyama 45-m Radio Telescope have detected signs of an invisible black hole with a mass of 100 thousand times the mass of the Sun around ...
'Space Warps' and other citizen science projects reap major dividends for astrophysics
Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)
Thanks to the Internet, amateur volunteers known as "citizen scientists" can readily donate their time and effort to science - in fields ranging from medicine t...
The turbulent birth of a quasar
Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)
The most luminous galaxy known in the Universe - the quasar W2246-0526, seen when the Universe was less than 10% of its current age - is so turbulent that it is...
Cosmic blast could help crack the case of extreme supernova explosions
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
Records are made to be broken, as the expression goes, but rarely are records left so thoroughly in the dust. Stunned astronomers have witnessed a cosmic explos...
'Most luminous galaxy' in the universe is ripping itself apart
Jan 15, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers recently discovered the universe's "most luminous galaxy" to be one of the most violently turbulent. "So chaotic that it is ripping itself apart," s...
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