Could a new proposed particle help to detect dark matter?
Southampton, UK (SPX) Feb 01, 2015 -
Researchers at the University of Southampton have proposed a new fundamental particle which could explain why no one has managed to detect 'Dark Matter', the elusive missing 85 per cent of the Universe's mass.
Dark Matter is thought to exist because of its gravitational effects on stars and galaxies, gravitational lensing (the bending of light rays) around these, and through its imprint on ...
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Lofar's record-sharp image gives new view of galaxy M 82
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Feb 01, 2015 -
An international team of astronomers led from Chalmers University of Technology has used the giant radio telescope Lofar to create the sharpest astronomical image ever taken at very long radio wavelengths. Made by observing simultaneously from four countries, including Sweden, the image shows the glowing centre of the galaxy Messier 82 - and many bright remnants of supernova explosions.
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The tell-tale signs of a galactic merger
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2015 -
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this striking view of spiral galaxy NGC 7714. This galaxy has drifted too close to another nearby galaxy and the dramatic interaction has twisted its spiral arms out of shape, dragged streams of material out into space, and triggered bright bursts of star formation.
NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy at 100 million light-years from Earth - a relat ...
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Japan Successfully Launches New Spy Satellite
Tokyo (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2015 -
Japan successfully completed the launch of a radar reconnaissance satellite on Sunday morning, the Kyodo news agency reports. The launch was performed from the Tanegashima Space Center in the Kagoshima Prefecture in the south of Japan at 10:21 local time (01:30 GMT). The satellite was taken into orbit by the H-2A (H-IIA) carrier rocket.
This is the fifth spy satellite that Japan has launch ...
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NASA Launches Groundbreaking Soil Moisture Mapping Satellite
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2015 -
b>Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supports ULA Delta II Launch of Soil Moisture Active Passive Satellite for NASA br> /b>Sacramento, CA - Aerojet Rocketdyne has helped propel the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, carrying the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite into orbit for NASA so scientists can better understand the Earth's water, carbon and energy cycles. SMAP was launched fr ...
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