Topic: Astronomy

'Cool Jupiter' widens search for exoplanets

Marking a further step in the hunt for worlds orbiting other stars, astronomers on Wednesday said they had found a cool planet the size of Jupiter that encircles a sun at searing proximity. The work is a technical exploit in the field of exoplanets, as planets outside our Solar System ...
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Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERN

GENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CERN, the research center's head said Monday. Rolf-Dieter Heuer told a news conference some evidence for the matter may ...
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Geneva atom smasher seeks dark matter discoveries

World's largest atom smasher near Geneva seeks discoveries into dark matter later this yearThe world's largest atom smasher could generate its first scientific breakthrough later this year when operators hope to make discoveries into the elusive nature of dark matter, the director of the European Organization for Nuclear ...
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dwp crab nebula

dwp crab nebula
The Crab Nebula The Crab Nebula is filled with mysterious filaments that are are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected from a free explosion. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova noted by ...
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