When we look at intergalactic space, evidence for dark matter is everywhere. It is in the rotation of galaxies, which cannot be explained by observable matter alone. It is in the way galaxies cluster together and the path of light as it travels through the Universe. We can’t see dark …
Read More »A large stream of flowing stars is evidence of the violent history of the Milky Way
When you go out and look at the sky on a clear night, it seems like nothing else could be so serene and peaceful. But many of those seemingly peaceful stars are evidence of a troubled history, and now we are learning to uncover their secrets. Using data from the …
Read More »Physicists discover a new exotic ‘Tetraquark’ particle that we have never seen before
There is a new exotic subatomic particle in the atom buster. Physicists working with the beauty collaboration of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHCb) have found a new form of the elusive four quark particle called tetraquark that they have never seen before. The newly identified particle is made up of …
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