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Tag: Dark Matter (Astronomy)

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A Solstice of the Soul

December 20, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on A Solstice of the Soul

For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.

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Can Axions Save the Universe?

November 1, 2024Dennis Overbye and Katrina MillerComments Off on Can Axions Save the Universe?

The hunt for dark matter is shifting from particles to waves named after a laundry detergent.

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Dark Galaxies: What Happens When Stars Are Nearly Invisible

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Dark Galaxies: What Happens When Stars Are Nearly Invisible

To dark matter and dark energy, add dark galaxies — collections of stars so sparse and faint that they are all but invisible.

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Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests

January 5, 2024January 8, 2024DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests

Images from the Webb telescope suggest that newborn galaxies look weirder than expected. Exactly how screwy was physics at the dawn of time?

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Particle Physicists Offer a Road Map For the Next Decade

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023Dennis Overbye and Katrina MillerComments Off on Particle Physicists Offer a Road Map For the Next Decade

A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions.

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In Space, the Past Is Future (and Equally Unpredictable)

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023DENNIS OVERBYEComments Off on In Space, the Past Is Future (and Equally Unpredictable)

Not even the most advanced physics can reveal everything we want to know about the history and future of the cosmos, or about ourselves.

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Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began

September 4, 2023September 5, 2023Dennis Overbye and Hiroko MasuikeComments Off on Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began

A half-century ago, a radio telescope in Holmdel, N.J., sent two astronomers 13.8 billion years back in time — and opened a cosmic window that scientists have been peering through ever since.

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