Tag: Dark matter
World-first detector designed by dark matter researchers records rare events
A ground-breaking detector that aims to use quartz to capture high frequency gravitational waves has been built by researchers at the ARC Centre of...
Is dark matter real, or have we misunderstood gravity?
Research shows that certain galaxies deviate from foundation theories of gravity. Scientists are looking into the possibility of relearning gravity in order to understand...
Hubble data confirms galaxies lacking dark matter
The most accurate distance measurement yet of ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) NGC1052-DF2 (DF2) confirms beyond any shadow of a doubt that it is lacking in...
Mapping the local cosmic web: Dark matter map reveals hidden bridges...
Researchers developed a new dark matter map in the local universe using a large set of galaxy simulations including galaxies, gasses, other visible matter, as well as...
Can One Cosmic Enigma Help Solve Another?
Johns Hopkins astrophysicists argue fast radio bursts could provide clues to dark matter. (Credit: Alain r/Wikimedia Commons)
Astrophysicists from Johns Hopkins University have proposed a...
World’s most sensitive dark matter detector completes search
Inside view of the LUX detector.Credit: Photo by Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility
The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, which operates beneath a...
Spectacular concentration of galaxies known as the Fornax Cluster
The Fornax Galaxy Cluster is one of the closest of such groupings beyond our Local Group of galaxies. This new VLT Survey Telescope image...
