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Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid

By Jennifer Ouellette
June 13, 2017
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A different kind of dark matter could help to resolve an old celestial conundrum.

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Latest Black Hole Collision Comes With a Twist

By Natalie Wolchover
June 1, 2017
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The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory’s third detection further compounds the mystery of why black holes collide.

Light from the first galaxies clears the universe.
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Discoveries Fuel Fight Over Universe’s First Light

By Ashley Yeager
May 19, 2017
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A series of observations at the very edge of the universe has reignited a debate over what lifted the primordial cosmic fog.

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A Cosmic-Ray Hunter Takes to the Sky

By Natalie Wolchover
April 27, 2017
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Angela Olinto’s new balloon experiment takes her one step closer to the unknown source of the most energetic particles in the universe.

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A Cosmic Burst Repeats, Deepen­ing a Mystery

By Katia Moskvitch
April 18, 2017
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After a surprise discovery, astrophysicists are racing to understand superenergetic flashes of radio waves that sometimes beep out from distant galaxies.

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A New Blast May Have Forged Cosmic Gold

By Joshua Sokol
March 23, 2017
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For decades, researchers believed that violent supernovas forged gold and other heavy elements. But many now argue for a different cosmic quarry.

Erik Verlinde by Ilvy Njiokiktjien for Quanta Magazine
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The Case Against Dark Matter

By Natalie Wolchover
November 29, 2016
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A proposed theory of gravity does away with dark matter, even as new astrophysical findings challenge the need for galaxies full of the invisible mystery particles.

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Off-the-Shelf Lens Assists Dark Matter Find

By Jeanette Kazmierczak
September 28, 2016
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A camera lens often used by wildlife and sports photographers has helped astronomers learn about dark matter and galaxy formation.

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Strange Dark Galaxy Puzzles Astrophysicists

By Joshua Sokol
September 27, 2016
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The surprising discovery of a massive, Milky Way–size galaxy that is made of 99.99 percent dark matter has astronomers dreaming up new ideas about how galaxies form.


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