[Updated/corrected, April 22, 2015] The worldâs most powerful particle accelerator â the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) â is scheduled to restart in March of 2015, after a two year hiatus for repairs and upgrades (and data analysis). The machine is located at CERN (in Switzerland) the largest and most prestigious high energy physics laboratory in
Is dark matter simply a type of particle that is endowed with a rare form of electromagnetism? That very-simple theory may do a much better job of explaining what dark matter actually is than any previous proposals, according to new research. The theory proposes that the majority of the matter in the universe is composed
 Free-floating extrasolar planets, those that are not gravitationally bound to anything, may be present in much larger numbers than originally thought. Thus explaining the âmissing massâ of galaxies, and making the dark matter theory unnecessary. These rogue planets orbit the galaxy directly, and in large enough numbers could explain the discrepancy of the gravitational
Over the past several weeks, a flurry of intriguing and surprising outer space-related discoveries have been made, ones that warrant a recap for those who may have missed them. I have selected four of the more fascinating ones, plus one related, really cool piece with a video, and they are: 1] Magnetic Bubbles Discovered at the Edge of Our Solar System, 2] Biggest Blast Ever Seen In Our Universe, 3] Aussie Grad Student Finds Missing Mass in Galaxies, 4] âRogueâ Planets, More Plentiful than Stars, May Be Roaming the Galaxy, and 5] (An extra-special space goody:) A Supernova Sonata â Turning Exploding Stars into Music
It is the fundamental structural element of all living things. It is a key component of many energy sources, and, it is a crucial player in our planetâs climate system. The natural cycling of this element â Carbon (C)Â â between earth, atmosphere and ocean maintains the habitable conditions that all Life depends upon. Much
What might appear at first to be a rather psychedelic rendering of the Target (department store) logo, above, is actually a map of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) showing the location of collisions, or âenergy transfersâ, between our cosmic âaeonâ andâŚthe one that came before. Thatâs right. Each ring is a record, preserved as a
