Hoped-for dark matter flash might be dead stars instead
A supposed dark matter signal from the centre of the galaxy is looking more and more like mundane astrophysics rather than exotic particles
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Hoped-for dark matter flash might instead be the corpses of stars
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Physics
Physicists launch fight to make data more important than theory
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Misbehaving pulsar’s sudden slow-down may teach us how they tick
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Galaxy’s supermassive black hole is a cool neighbourhood for ice
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Rainbow X-ray echoes pinpoint faraway neutron star
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Grand Theft Sedna: how the sun might have stolen a mini-planet
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Grand Theft Sedna: how the sun might have stolen a mini-planet
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Chasing shadows: How long can we keep looking for dark matter?
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WIMPZILLAs: Monster particles from the dawn of time
Forged in the furnace of the infant universe, they鈥檙e invisible, huge and may make up the missing dark matter in the universe. So how do we catch these beasts?
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Supernova prized by astronomers begins to fade from view
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Vesta has no moons 鈥� is it unlucky or did it eat them?
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Supernova space bullets could have seeded Earth’s iron core
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Found: Giant spirals in space that could explain our existence
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