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added 2007 Tue May 15 19:40:42 by _kam0_
US astronomers on Tuesday presented the most solid proof yet of the existence of dark matter, a mysterious substance believed to make up more than a quarter of the universe.
added 2007 Thu May 10 17:16:21 by capn_caveman
A team of researchers is proposing that massive quantities of dark matter formed dark stars in the early Universe, preventing the first generations of stars from entering their main sequence stage.
added 2007 Wed Apr 4 1:22:25 by capn_caveman
Dark energy is the mysterious force that many physicists think is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate. In 2004, a couple of scientists claimed that the quantum fluctuations of empty space could be the source of dark energy and suggested a test for this idea.
added 2007 Sat Mar 17 15:54:26 by _kam0_
What color is the cosmos? Planets, nebulae, and galaxies appear wan and faint when eyed through a backyard telescope. But researchers using imaging techniques show us a much more chromatic view.
added 2007 Sun Feb 25 20:34:02 by capn_caveman
It has to be the closest ever shave. Two physicists have proposed that, a fraction of a second before a cataclysm that would destroy space-time itself, the Universe may escape by abruptly collapsing to a virtually empty state that 'resets' it for a fresh cycle of cosmic expansion.
added 2007 Fri Feb 2 21:52:50 by capn_caveman
Peering backward in time to an instant after the big bang, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an approach that may help unlock the hidden shapes of alternate dimensions of the universe.
added 2007 Sat Jan 13 0:07:28 by unknown user
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added 2007 Mon Jan 8 18:22:18 by capn_caveman
The main annual conference of the American Astronomical Society began this morning, and it didn't take long to roll into action. In one of the very first sessions, a scientist described some startling hints of a fifth force of nature, on top of the Fab Four: electromagnetism, gravity, and the two forces that govern atomic nuclei.
added 2006 Thu Dec 21 10:00:50 by swaspe
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added 2006 Sun Aug 20 4:21:08 by capn_caveman
Theoretical physicist Lee Smolin looked at the simple, functional elegance found in the the theory of natural selection, and thought that maybe such a concept could be applied on a universal scale. Thus the theory of Cosmological Natural Selection was born.
added 2006 Thu Aug 10 23:08:25 by _kam0_
braneworld, cosmic ghost condensate, and eight other strange concepts of modern cosmology.