Articles related to "Dark Matter"



Evidence for Dark Matter Found
A collision of galaxy clusters has produced a ring of dark matter that was detected by NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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Dark Matter
Dark matter has long remained elusive, but recent evidence suggests that it does exist, making up most of the matter in the universe. But what is it?
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Colliding Galaxy Clusters
This article discusses the collision of galaxy clusters.
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Dark Matter in the Universe: Missing Mass Continues to Baffle

Formation of Structure in the Universe
Can we get from the microwave background to galaxies with cold dark matter?
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Gravitational Lens and Dark Matter
Gravitational lenses, predicted by Einstein's general relativity, provide an important experimental confirmation of this theory and help astronomers find dark matter.
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Is the Universe Expanding
NASA proves the existence of Dark Matter. Scientific observations indicate the universe is infinitely expanding and quite open.
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Nature's magnifying glass
Predicted by General Relativity, gravitational lenses catapulted Einsteins's reputation as much as they are handy tools today to tackle one of Cosmology thorniest issues, the discovery and census of dark matter.
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Andromeda the Milky Way versus Sol
The question itself raises other questions. How old is the sun and how long will it live? How far away from each other are the two galaxies and how fast do they travel?
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Beyond the Big Bang
On of the most surprising recent discoveries about the universe is not only that it is expanding, but that it is expanding at an accelerating rate.
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European Space Agency (ESA) Planck Satellite
Planck will measure the cosmic microwave background left over from the Big Bang. This will help to answer questions about the origin and evolution of the Universe.
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Physics in the 21st Century
We this century see the end of active study in physics? Will we truly know the nature of the universe? Probably not.
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The Dark Side I
In the first part, we present the evolution of cosmology leading to the postulation of dark matter, the Universe Age Crisis, and the lines of research pursued to solve it.
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The Dark Side II
The first part dealt with advances in cosmology that led to posit existence of "dark matter", and the lines of research intended to characterize universal expansion. We now check the first results and a possible model for the Universe.
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Ring
Review of author Stephen Baxter's science fiction novel, Ring.
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The Dark Side III
About 97% of what makes the Universe is unknown, a combination of dark matter and dark energy. This is not acceptable as is, neither the disfunctional relationship of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
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Duality of The Creative Act in the Quran
Through the dual process of destroying (Big Bang) then creating the universe was life created by God who has left evidence that all things remain seperate yet connected.
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Futurama: The DVD Movies
Bender's Big Score, The Beast with a Billion Backs, Bender's Game and Into the Wild Green Yonder - Plots, Release Dates, Guest Voice Stars, Directors and Writers.
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Science Fiction Extreme Metal
How bands have created an apocalyptic and futuristic sound as well as theme within extreme metal over the past decade.
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Science Provides Cure for Writer's Block
"...the eleventh dimension is a like cosmic bubble bath of infinite proportions - and our universe is merely one little bubble in the bath. Just as long as we're at the end farthest away from the plug-hole..."
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The Interstellar Medium, Part III, the Neutral Gas
Neutral Hydrogen and the 21-cm. line, and applications
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Gamma Ray Bursts: Powerful Objects Remain a Mystery

The Master Plan, part I
Space research may appear as a somewhat chaotic dispersion of disparate efforts, space probes, ground telescopes, space telescopes etc. Yet this is not completely true. Scientists manage to arrive to certain consensus, while politics has, the last say. First of a two part article, within a series of related installments.
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The Master Plan, part II
Part II reports on the "optical" range (infrared to X rays) observation facilities - existing or planned - within the 1999 and 2000 NSA decadal survey.
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Astrophysical Simulation Basics
This article describes the difference between collisional and collisionless matter and begins to discuss numerical methods for studying them.
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Help with Homework
Now that school's back in session, there'll probably be plenty of homework for the kids to do. You can help them do research on the Internet! Here are some Web sites that offer lots of information for those reports, etc.
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Hole in the Universe
A tremendous blank spot free of galaxies, stars, dark matter or black holes has been discovered in the distant reaches of space.
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Improving Psychic Accuracy
ESP and Remote Viewing can be made more accurate by coordinating time, position and geomagnetic influences with psychic events.
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M John Harrison, Light, Book Review
M John Harrison writes a space opera of engaging proportions, where mysteries of both past and present paint a universe, that must be read to be believed.
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Simulating Galaxy Cluster Collisions
This article discusses COSMOS, an astronomical simulation code.
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Speedwalk Thru the MUD
A taste of roleplay humor in the World of Darkness
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The Large Hadron Collider Finally Starts Up
In what The Guardian has called the most ambitious experiment, the Large Hadron Collider, the largest particle accelerator, is about to start up after a 20 year wait.
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt's first novel blends erudition with suspense to produce a satisfying and likeable novel in "The Secret History"
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The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking followed up A Brief History of Time with a book that took on the other aspect of his work, space, bringing theoretical physics within reach of the layman.
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Discoveries in Physics 2008
Among the wealth of physics discoveries in 2008 editors and science writers of the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society has selected ten.
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Doctor Who Series 3: Episode 11
This is life at the end of the universe, where the Doctor and Captain Jack arrive in an episode where the acting honours are stolen by Derek Jacobi and novice Chipo Chung
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Preview
Ghostbusters: The Video Game follows the antics of the ghosbusting team, Ray, Winston, Egon, and Peter, as they attempt to re-establish order in New York City.
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Physics for Dummies
Stephen W. Hawking has updated his profound classic with A Briefer History of Time and includes new data from observational astronomy and particle physics.
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The Parallel Universe
Having rejected the idea for years, some scientists are now saying "yes" to the theory of infinite parallel worlds.
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What Exactly is a Galaxy?
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World's Biggest Gun Set to Fire September 2008
Straddling the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, 50 meters underground and an astonishing 17 miles long; the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is easily the World's biggest gun.
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Einstein's Errors Were in a Class by Themselves
Physics professor and author Hans Ohanian says Einstein's work was fraught with errors in the details, but his thinking was still decades ahead of all his contemporaries.
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Mother lode
Ask anybody what is a supernova, and chances are a vast majority will respond it goes bang and has to do with astronomy. Supernovas are epitomes of out of this world catastrophe, of unimaginable violence. Yet we all have been - in a distant past - within not one but probably several ones. Close and intimate.
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Three Tips for Organic Vegetable Gardening
Grow your very own pesticide and chemical-free vegetables through organic gardening methods. This spring, use these three tips to go organic.
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Weird and Wonderful Space Words
Astronomy has many creative and strange names for the bizarre and wacky objects in the universe. Learn some new words today.
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OUR black hole. Part II
It seems that every galaxy harbors a black hole in its core. The larger the central bulge of older stars, the bigger the hole. Our Milky Way is no exception, but only recently have we developed techniques suitable for peering into the cocoon and measuring the massive, quiet beast lurking inside.
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Don Eckers - Past Sins
Realism drives this modern thriller, pitting the police and the army against so seriously bad vampires.
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