astrophysics
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Holy Crap, This Galaxy Has No Dark Matter
From what scientists have gathered, galaxies are nearly synonymous with dark matter. They seem to be mostly dark matter with specks of regular matter mixed in. Despite the fact that no dark matter has been directly observed with science experiments, galaxies’ strange motion is the knock-out reason why astronomers think the universe is filled with…
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Could The Weirdness Of Quantum Physics Produce A New Kind Of Star?
It would be silly to think that scientists and astronomers have spotted all of the different kinds of weird things that exist in space. After all, we’re pretty sure the universe is mostly composed of dark matter and dark energy that we haven’t directly detected. But new research seems to imply that there are entirely…
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Fundamental Equation Of Quantum Physics Also Describes Rings And Disks In Space
Physicists’ main goal is to be able to predict what will happen in the future based on patterns they have already observed, whether in massive systems of stars or tiny groups of atoms. Predicting changes over time usually requires developing new mathematical equations. But a researcher at California Institute of Technology recently discovered that a…
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New Results Challenge Basic Ideas Of Supermassive Black Holes
Galaxies have supermassive black holes at their centres – our Milky Way, for example, has its own four-million-solar-mass one, Sagittarius A*. Some astronomers have previously thought that there’s a simple relationship between the galaxy’s size, the black hole’s mass, and how much light the black hole spits out while it eats up the things surrounding…