27 January 2017
Distant quasars help refine the rate of the expanding Universe
... astronomy as it can help to confirm or refute whether our picture of the Universe – composed of dark energy, dark matter and normal matter – is actually correct, or if we are missing something fundamental," Suyu said. The figure presented by the...
12 October 2020
Rarely detected star shredding event caught in unprecedented detail
...subjects including planets around other stars, the first objects in the Universe, the nature and distribution of dark matter and dark energy, it will also enable researchers to solve further mysteries surrounding supermassive black holes by detecting...
06 November 2020
The Moon could have a long-lost "twin" in orbit around Mars
... Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins operations in 2022. Although the Rubin Observatory is set to probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy, it will also conduct the most ambitious survey of the solar system to-date. Rubin is expected to discover...
09 October 2019
This year's Physics Nobel Prize winners
... in which just five per cent of its content is known, the matter which constitutes stars, planets, trees – and us. The rest, 95 per cent, is unknown dark matter and dark energy. This is a mystery and a challenge to modern physics. In October 1995...
16 June 2021
Astronomers discover the largest rotating objects in the Universe
... strong effect on galaxy spin, often regulating the direction of how galaxies and their dark matter halos rotate. But whether these vast tendrils of matter hundreds of millions of light-years across are themselves spinning is difficult to measure due...
December 2014
Finding NEO
... from Cerro Pachon in northern Chile. The LSST design is driven by four main science themes: probing dark energy and dark matter; taking an inventory of the solar system; exploring the transient optical sky; and mapping the Milky...
