Items tagged with universe

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Astronomers Tune in to 'Radio Universe' Saturday, September 13th, 2008 - 14:45:43 - Anuradha Menon Astronomers at the School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, have joined an innovative project that aims to address many of the key issues in... read more

Young Stars Near Black Holes Mystery Solved Friday, August 22nd, 2008 - 14:48:09 - Anuradha Menon The mystery of how young stars can form within the deep gravity of black holes has been solved by a team of astrophysicists at the Universities of St... read more

CERN Lab Goes 'Colder Than Space' Sunday, July 20th, 2008 - 14:27:12 - Ehud Rattner A vast physics experiment built in a tunnel below the French-Swiss border is fast becoming one of the coolest places in the Universe. The Large... read more

How did the Universe Begin? Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 - 20:05:55 - Anuradha Menon One of the most interesting questions considered by astrophysicists deals with the start of our universe. Indeed, there is a great deal of... read more

Doughnut-Shaped Universe Bites Back Saturday, May 24th, 2008 - 10:32:46 - Ehud Rattner The doughnut is making a comeback at least as a possible shape for our Universe. The idea that the universe is finite and relatively small, rather... read more

More Dark Matter Discovered? Friday, May 9th, 2008 - 22:19:47 - Ehud Rattner A team of Dutch and German astronomers have discovered part of the missing matter in the Universe using the European X-ray satellite XMM-Newton. They... read more

Existence of Dark Matter Proved? Sunday, April 20th, 2008 - 14:41:39 - Iddo Genuth An Italian team on Wednesday renewed its claim to have discovered evidence for the existence of dark matter, the invisible material that makes up the... read more

A Twin Universe Before the Big Bang? Thursday, April 10th, 2008 - 20:11:48 - Iddo Genuth Until very recently, asking what happened at or before the Big Bang was considered by physicists to be a religious question. General relativity... read more

Universe's Most Powerful Blast is Visible Friday, March 21st, 2008 - 13:10:04 - Ehud Rattner A powerful stellar explosion detected March 19 by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object that could be seen with... read more

Universe Submerged in Chilled Neutrinos Thursday, March 6th, 2008 - 16:32:00 - Ehud Rattner We are all submerged in a sea of undetectable particles left over from the first few seconds of the big bang, according to the latest observations... read more

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