Author: mugo

Discovery of a new class of particles at the LHC

The LHC Has Discovered a Brand New Class of Particles Just months after switching the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) back on at record-breaking energy levels, researchers at CERN in Switzerland have reported the discovery...

Gravity Waves detected?

Big Bang breakthrough announced; gravitational waves detected There’s no way for us to know exactly what happened some 13.8 billion years ago, when our universe burst onto the scene. But scientists announced Monday a...

Close Type 1A Supernova Spotted

Exploding Star: New Supernova Discovery Is Closest in Years Editor’s Update for Jan. 23: Skywatchers around the world are taking a look at the new supernova in galaxy M83. To see their new photos...

Rare Solar Eclipse

Rare Solar Eclipse Wows Skywatchers Across Atlantic, Africa (Photos) A rare solar eclipse that began as a “ring of fire” and transformed into a spectacular total eclipse of the sun amazed skywatchers from North...

Neutrinos from another galaxy?

Antarctic Experiment Possibly Detects Particles from Another Galaxy I don’t get to write hyperbolic science fiction titles very often, but I couldn’t resist this one. Even if it’s not entirely accurate; in reality the...

Dark Matter Filament Studied for the First Time

ESA Science & Technology: Dark matter filament studied in 3D for the first time [heic1215] Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have studied a giant filament of dark matter in 3D for the...