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Heart Of Darkness Explain Sun Mysteries

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 - 12:14:27 - Anuradha Menon

IS DARK matter lurking at the centre of our bright sun? Yes, say two research groups who believe the elusive stuff is cooling the solar core. The...

Muon Whose Army?A Tiny Particle's Big Moment

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 - 16:31:51 - Anuradha Menon

THE standard model of particle physics is like Gormenghast - a sprawling castle constructed by tacking on new rooms as needed, with no underlying...

A CoGeNT Result in the Hunt for Dark Matter

Sunday, February 28th, 2010 - 17:48:52 - Ehud Rattner

Two weeks ago, the CDMSII collaboration published a paper showing that two particles had penetrated its detector's defences — particles that, given...

Aftermath Of Enormous Galactic Pile-up
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 - Anuradha Menon
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the galaxy NGC 1132 which is most likely to be a cosmic...

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Dark Matter Origin Disproved

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 - 16:01:38 - Ehud Rattner

A team of researchers working with data from ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has disproved theories that some form of dark matter explains...

Ray of Hope in Dark-Matter Hunt

Saturday, July 25th, 2009 - 09:11:56 - Anuradha Menon

The murky hunt for dark matter has just got a little bit brighter. New gamma-ray results from the FERMI telescope fit with previous tantalizing hints...

Deepest Underground Lab Begins Construction

Saturday, June 27th, 2009 - 16:12:35 - Anuradha Menon

Construction crews have now started building the deepest underground science laboratory in the world, which scientists will use to study dark matter...

Giant Magellan Telescope Heads On
Monday, April 20th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Nine research institutions on three continents have signed a founder's agreement to construct and operate the Giant Magellan...