18 January 2016
Does a second black hole lurk near the centre of the Milky Way?
..., such as a supernova explosion, was ruled out. Further analysis of CO-0.40-0.22 using simulations of gas clouds attracted by a strong gravity source found that the gas would increase in velocity, reaching a maximum speed at the closest point to the...
15 March 2016
Are our ideas of Dark Matter wrong?
... not behaving as expected. When Newton's Law of Gravity were applied to explain the rapid motion of the stars... should look for a heavier dark particle that interacts only by gravity and thus would be impossible to detect directly,” says Sloth. ...
03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
... sky has been selected by NASA for launch in 2017, although this yet to be confirmed. Closer to home, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE-FO) mission is due for launch in 2017. The GRACE missions measure...
17 February 2017
Researchers suggest a new natural law can explain the rotation of galaxies
... other," Lelli said. "Within alternative models like modified gravity, this law represents a key empirical constraint and may ... or natural law, requires new thinking about dark matter and gravity said the team at Case Western, with plans to extend the...
