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NEWS ABOUT: dark matter

dark matter stories: 5 news summaries

 Secret to Dark Matter 
 May Be Underground 

Scientists mine earth for substance that makes up 95% of universe

Nov 11, 08 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Minerals aren’t the only prize in a mine—scientists travel underground to search for elusive dark matter, the invisible substance that may make up 95% of the universe’s mass, the Wall Street Journal reports. Delicate equipment seeks to detect the stuff in the form of particles known as... More »

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physics • universe • dark matter • mine

 Huge Particle Collider 
 Ready for Debut 

Probably won't destroy universe

Sep 9, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Physicists across the world will spend the wee hours of tomorrow morning watching with bated breath as the world’s most expensive science experiment gets under way, the New York Times reports. At 3:30am Eastern, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will switch on for the first time, sending... More »

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Switzerland • particle accelerator • dark matter • Geneva • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • Higgs boson

New 'Petascale' Computers Will Speed Up Science

Machines accelerate advances in climate change, geology, drug development research

Dec 3, 07 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A new generation of "petascale" supercomputers capable of 1,000 trillion calculations per second—about twice the current standard—will start running next year, and the power could not only accelerate scientific discovery but also change the scientific method itself, the Washington Post reports. "We can now do... More »

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climate change • Wall Street • dark matter • petascale • exascale • supercomputer

Enormous Hole Found in Cosmos

Scientists spot unexpected void a billion light years wide

Aug 24, 07 3:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers have discovered a mysterious gigantic hole in the universe, reports Space.com. Unlike black holes, created by super dense material, this hole is devoid of matter. It measures nearly a billion light years wide and is 10 billion light years from earth. The hole was discovered by examining input... More »

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astronomy • space • black hole • universe • dark matter • void • Very Large Array

Hubble Finds Dark Matter

May 15, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers have discovered a ring of dark matter in a galaxy cluster about 5 billion light years away. The Hubble Telescope turned up an anomaly in the way stars in the area appear, which researchers think is a distortion caused by the intense gravity of the galactic "glue" holding... More »

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astronomy • Hubble • space • star • dark matter • gravity

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