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Dark Matter Particle Explorer Provides Measurement of the Cosmic Ray Helium Energy Spectrum

Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Collaboration directly observed a spectral softening of helium nuclei at about 34TeV for the first time.

31 May 2021

New Understanding of How the Environment Impacts Quantum Behavior

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) researchers have uncovered how the environment can impact highly sensitive quantum behaviours like localisation

31 May 2021

A Closer Look at NGC 2276 Reveals it is a Strangely Lopsided Galaxy

The impressive image below displays the exceptionally contorted look of NGC 2276, an appearance due to two distinct astrophysical interactions—one with the superheated gas permeating galaxy clusters, and one with a closeby galactic neighbor.

28 May 2021

New Collaborative Study Takes a Closer Look at the Remnants of Supernovae

Five years on from the first discovery of gravitational waves, an international team of scientists, including from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, are continuing the hunt for new discoveries and insights into the Universe.

28 May 2021

Study Reveals Details of Violent Phenomena in the Center of the Milky Way

New research by University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomer Daniel Wang reveals, with unprecedented clarity, details of violent phenomena in the center of our galaxy.

28 May 2021

Roman Space Telescope Could Revolutionize One’s Understanding of the Universe

NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see thousands of exploding stars called supernovae across vast stretches of time and space.

28 May 2021

Study Could Have Far-Reaching Consequences for Development of Quantum Computers

Quantum systems are considered extremely fragile. Even the smallest interactions with the environment can result in the loss of sensitive quantum effects.

28 May 2021

Study Provides a New Panorama of Galactic Center

Threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields are weaving a tapestry of energy at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

28 May 2021

Researchers Focus on Spinning Neutron Stars to Detect Gravitational Waves

The hunt for the never before heard "hum" of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars has just got a lot easier, thanks to an international team of researchers.

28 May 2021

Researchers Identify Similar States of Activity in Supermassive Black Holes

The researchers Juan A. Fernández-Ontiveros, of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Rome and Teo Muñoz-Darias, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, have written an article in which they describe the different states of activity of a large sample of supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies.

27 May 2021