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The Early Universe Was Absolutely Littered With Black Holes, Scientists Find
17 Oct 2024 21:23 GMT
New research suggests that we may be vastly underestimating the number of black holes that existed in the early universe — which could help answer a big question in cosmology.
As detailed in a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, …
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Patricia Domínguez’s Scientific Odyssey
14 Oct 2024 14:58 GMT
… hard hat and visits the Antimatter Factory and Deep Underground … the experimental framework of science and the empirical wisdom … protagonist, who embodies the science-fiction trope of the last … . This tension between the technological and the natural seems to …
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Cosmic rays have surprising amounts of antimatter. Is dark matter responsible?
11 Oct 2024 10:04 GMT
… that unaccountable amounts of antimatter, oppositely charged " … , especially antihelium [the antimatter equivalent of helium nuclei], … for dark matter, sending scientists back to the drawing … explain this overabundance of antimatter. They found that …
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Illuminating Dark Matter Through Glimmers of Antimatter in Cosmic Rays
08 Oct 2024 21:28 GMT
… Spectrometer) is a scientific experiment aboard the International … must first understand what antimatter is.
Expected antideuteron … protons), or neutral charge. Antimatter is composed of “mirror … Some of this antimatter was formed—scientists believe—during the …
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Antimatter clues could unveil dark matter mystery
07 Oct 2024 11:43 GMT
… to grasp what antimatter is.
Antimatter is composed of … For instance, positrons (the antimatter counterpart of electrons) have …
Although antimatter is rare in the Universe, scientists believe … produce both matter and antimatter upon destruction.
Antihelium: …
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Antimatter glimpses may unlock mysteries of dark matter in the universe
05 Oct 2024 16:11 GMT
… (JCAP)' explores antimatter traces in space that may … be even more exotic than scientists initially anticipated.
" … responsible for the observed antimatter, as certain WIMP interactions … produce both matter and antimatter particles.
The study also …
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Antimatter Could Be the Key to Solving the Universe’s Biggest Mysteries
05 Oct 2024 12:31 GMT
… a positive charge); their antimatter counterparts are positrons (with … has so far devised. Scientists know dark matter exists … cannot be directly observed. Antimatter remains a matter of … happened to all the antimatter. Antimatter and dark matter dovetail …
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Traces of antimatter in cosmic rays reopen the search for 'WIMPs' as dark matter
04 Oct 2024 04:01 GMT
… Magnetic Spectrometer) is a scientific experiment aboard the International … first understand what antimatter is.
Antimatter is a form … protons), or neutral charge.
Antimatter is composed of … Some of this antimatter was formed—scientists believe—during the …
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Spy plane observes how storms produce radioactive clouds and antimatter
02 Oct 2024 17:44 GMT
… now converted for scientific use — has enabled scientists to see what … This jet — equipped with scientific instruments — can glide for … are also created — antimatter particles that are complementary … physics,” he adds.
Scientists believe that gamma ray …
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Scientists Did the Near-Impossible by Creating the Heaviest Antimatter Particle.
01 Oct 2024 12:28 GMT
… studies are expensive, but antimatter has both theoretical and … value.
Antimatter sounds like the stuff of science fiction, … matter and antimatter—to discover an antimatter hypernucleus called … around the cosmos. But antimatter also powers positron emission …