Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan claim to have discovered dark matter that dates back 12 billion years ago, which would make it the earliest observation of the hypothetical substance to date. Their findings — as detailed in a new paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters — could potentially offer some tantalizing answers… Continue reading Scientists Just Detected the Oldest Dark Matter Ever Observed
Category: cosmology
A Large Black Hole Collision Actually Shook Space-Time
Space is the coolest.
The Universe: Space Weapons Prepare for War (S4, E8) | Full Episode | History
Outer space is already an essential part of America’s ability to fight wars. Our military depends on satellites for many things, such as communications, reconnaissance and targeting information. See more in Season 4, Episode 8, “Space Wars.” #TheUniverse. Subscribe for more from The Universe and other great The HISTORY Channel shows: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Find out more… Continue reading The Universe: Space Weapons Prepare for War (S4, E8) | Full Episode | History
Planets made of dark matter may have blown up, and we could see them
A new hypothesis proposes that a large fraction of dark matter may be bound up inside tight balls the size of Neptune — so-called dark matter planets.
A Star Just Turned Into A Black Hole Before Hubble’s Very Eyes
What remains are mostly neutron stars or black holes. And now, Hubble seems to have documented the instant when a supernova blinked out — implying that it captured the moment a black hole took control. While some supernova explosions, such as SN 1,054, are violent and leave clouds of debris for thousands of years (a.k.a.… Continue reading A Star Just Turned Into A Black Hole Before Hubble’s Very Eyes
Scientists Hope That Their Discovery About Black Holes is a Mistake. What Did They See?
Over the past few years, astronomers have become aware of some shocking new properties of black holes. As it turned out, they not only mercilessly consume and destroy everything that falls into them. Black holes can also spew out fountains of hot matter and surround themselves with firewalls.
Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Webb’s powerful infrared gaze produced this detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies.
Dark matter from 12 billion years ago detected for the 1st time
Scientists used a fossil relic left over from the Big Bang to perform the earliest detection of dark matter ever. Astronomers used the cosmic microwave background, radiation left over from just after the Big Bang, to conduct the earliest ever detection of dark matter.
Dark Matter Mapped Around Distant Galaxies
Gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background has been used to probe the distribution of dark matter around some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. Investigating the properties of galaxies is fundamental to uncovering the still-unknown nature of the dominant forms of mass and energy in the Universe: dark matter and dark energy. Dark… Continue reading Dark Matter Mapped Around Distant Galaxies