How to Detect Black Hole Explosions
Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes evaporate, maybe even explode! How can we detect them?
Dark Matter
Astrophysicists Develop a Novel Approach for Searching for Dark Matter
Scientists use archival images of Jupiter to search for dark matter collisions.
The Universe is Expanding Faster than Scientists Thought
A new study shows that the universe is expanding faster than scientists had initially predicted, sparking an effort to determine what unknown force in space is responsible. Read Ben Andreone’s article to learn more!
Seeing with Gravity: How invisible particles can be observed in outer space
Everyone on Earth is familiar with gravity to some extent; it is the force that pulls us down to the planet’s surface. In fact, all objects with mass tug on other objects moving around them because of gravity. The strength of the gravitational pull…
The Frustrating Search for New Physics
by Daniel Ang
figures by Aparna Nathan
Particle physics says that the universe shouldn’t exist.
This is a radical claim! But if the current theories that underlie particle physics are correct and complete, then the Big Bang that birthed the universe…
Seeing the Invisible: A short history of the scientific evidence of dark matter
by Sasha Brownsberger
figures by Abagail Burrus
Everything you have ever touched, seen, or tasted; the air you breathe; the ground on which you stand; and the constituents of your body all consist of a type of matter that is only a fraction of all that…
New Physics from the AMS Experiment - Particle Physics on the International Space Station
The AMS Experiment on the International Space Station
In 2011 the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, was launched into space. AMS, housed by the International Space Station and led by a Nobel Prize winning principle investigator, is commonly referred…
Galactic Rotation Curves Revisited: A Surprise For Dark Matter
Historically, galactic rotation curves have suggested that galaxies are surrounded by a vast amount of invisible matter, otherwise known as a dark matter halo. A few weeks ago, a team of astrophysicists published a result that completely contradicts…
Discovery of a Dark Matter Galaxy
Astronomers used the Gemini Telescope to photograph Dragonfly 44, an ultra diffuse galaxy comprised of almost entirely dark matter.
Last week, astronomers announced the discovery of a galaxy that is almost entirely comprised of dark matter. At first…
Dark Matter Evades the World's Most Sensitive Search
At the 11th Identification of Dark Matter Conference, LUX, the Large Underground Xenon experiment, announced the results of the world’s most sensitive search for dark matter. Physicists at LUX have been racing for a dark matter discovery since the…