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Physics

300-year-old experiment could become world's best dark matter detector

An update to an experiment run by Henry Cavendish in 1773 could be a cheaper and faster way to spot a potential dark matter particle – and may be 10,000 times more sensitive

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Space

The rise, the fall and the rebound of cyclic cosmology

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CERN upgrade: Inside the world's largest scientific experiment

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CERN upgrade: Inside the world's largest scientific experiment

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The bombshell results that demand a new theory of the universe

Space

The bombshell results that demand a new theory of the universe

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Image from a MAYA collaboration numerical relativity simulation of a neutron star-black hole (NSBH) binary merger, showing the disruption of the neutron star. Credit: Deborah Ferguson (UT Austin), Bhavesh Khamesra (Georgia Tech), and Karan Jani (Vanderbilt University).

Space

A bizarre type of black hole could solve three cosmic mysteries in one

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Crisis in cosmology: If we’ve got dark energy wrong, what could it be?

Space

Crisis in cosmology: If we’ve got dark energy wrong, what could it be?

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Inside the best dark matter detector ever built

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Inside the best dark matter detector ever built

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Space

Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?

Analysis

Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

Space

A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

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Space

A huge cloud of dark matter may be lurking near our solar system

For the first time, researchers have found what seems to be a cloud of dark matter about 60 million times the mass of the sun in our galactic neighbourhood

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Space

The best map of dark matter has revealed never-before-seen structures

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Does dark energy stem from a thermodynamic theory of space-time?

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Space

The first quantum fluctuations set into motion a huge cosmic mystery

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Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

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