Tag: Dark Matter
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Record-Low Mass Dark Object Discovered via Gravitational Lensing
Unveiling the Invisible: A Dark Object with Grand Mass In a striking demonstration of how gravity can illuminate the unseen, an international team of researchers has identified a dark object in the distant universe with a mass of about one million solar masses. Located roughly 10 billion light-years away, this object is the lightless heavyweight…
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Mysterious Dark Object in Space: A Milestone in Dark Matter Discovery
New Milestone in Dark Matter Studies A worldwide team of scientists has detected an unusually massive yet invisible object in the distant universe. With a mass of about one million times that of the Sun, this dark object is the lowest-mass dark body detected to date using gravitational lensing. The finding provides a powerful glimpse…
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ESA Opens New Deep Space Antenna in New Norcia, Boosting Australia’s Role in Cosmic Exploration
New Norcia Launches a Global Deep Space Hub The European Space Agency (ESA) marked a milestone on a quiet Western Australian road when it officially opened New Norcia 3 (NNO-3), the agency’s second deep space antenna at the site and its fourth such facility worldwide. Nestled in New Norcia, a tiny town known for its…
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Potential Smoking Gun Signatures Of Supermassive Dark Stars Found In JWST Data
JWST data fuel new clues about the universe’s first stars The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is helping astronomers push the boundaries of the early universe. A team led by Cosmin Ilie of Colgate University, with collaborators Shafaat Mahmud, Jillian Paulin, and Katherine Freese, reports four extremely distant objects whose spectra and shapes align with…
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Potential Smoking Gun Signature Of Supermassive Dark Stars Found In JWST Data
JWST Findings Suggest Dark-Star Candidates in the Early Universe New analyses of data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) point to a striking possibility: some of the first stars in the universe may have been supermassive dark stars—giant, puffed clouds of hydrogen and helium whose light is powered not by fusion, but by tiny…
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Dark Matter Milestone: LZ Tightens the WIMP Window From Underground Lab
New results tighten the WIMP landscape Scientists behind the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment have released a new set of results that push the search for dark matter deeper into uncharted territory. Analyzing 280 days of data — including 220 days gathered between March 2023 and April 2024 and 60 days from the experiment’s first run —…
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Dark Matter Identity: LZ Tightens WIMP Limits Worldwide
Overview: LZ advances the search for dark matter Scientists are continually refining the hunt for dark matter, the elusive substance that shapes the structure of the universe. The LZ experiment, operating from a cavern almost a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, has released new results that push the boundaries…
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Dark Matter Search Advances: LZ Tightens WIMP Bounds Worldwide
The LZ experiment and its mission Scientists are inching closer to unveiling the true identity of dark matter, the unseen substance that shapes the structure of the universe. The LZ experiment, housed nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, is at the forefront of this quest. In its latest…
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Could Primordial Black Holes Explain That Mysterious Neutrino?
Could a Primordial Black Hole Explain the Mysterious Neutrino? A recent stir in astroparticle physics centers on a single, exceptionally energetic neutrino detected by KM3NeT, a network of underwater neutrino detectors in the Mediterranean. In February, KM3NeT announced the highest-energy neutrino observed to date. A new MIT-Caltech study offers a provocative idea: a primordial black…
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ImageMM: Sharpening Ground-Based Images for Rubin Observatory
Introduction A new algorithm named ImageMM promises to close the gap between ground-based telescope images and space-based photos by removing the blurring effects of Earth’s atmosphere. After successful tests on the eight-meter Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, researchers are preparing to apply the technology to تصاویر from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile when it…