Dwarf Galaxy Caused Ripples in the Milky Way Long Ago
A dwarf galaxy now seen in the constellation Sagittarius caused mysterious ripples in the Milky Way hundreds of millions of years ago. Scientist from Lund University in Sweden used the...
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Dark Matter is Making the Milky Way Spin Slower
The Milk Way is spinning about 24 percent slower because of dark matter. This is the first time this slowdown has been definitively measured. Astrophysicists have predicted this slowdown for...
Long-Term Weightlessness May Impair Emotional Recognition
Astronauts who go on long voyages in space in the future may suffer impairment in their emotional recognition. A study showed that prolonged weightlessness slowed down a person's ability to...
Star’s Rosette Pattern Around Massive Black Hole Proves Einstein Right
The star S2 orbits the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way in a rosette pattern as predicted by Einstein. The observations were made by the European...
Universe Not Expanding Equally, Says Study
The universe is not expanding equally in all directions, says a study by scientists from the Universities of Bonn and Harvard. If this is true, there are huge implications because...
Astronauts’ Pee May Be Used to Build Moon Bases in the Future
The urea in astronauts’ urine can act as a plasticizer for the concrete used to build moon base structures. Researchers at NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Chinese...
Do ‘Cotton Candy’ Super-Puff Planets Have Rings?
Scientists call large exoplanets that have extremely low density “cotton candy” planets. These super-puffs, as they are also referred to, may actually have rings. This theory was proposed by scientists...
Why the Universe Didn’t Cancel Itself Out After the Big Bang?
A property of the neutron particle may help clarify why matter and anti-matter didn’t cancel themselves out after the Big Bang that lead to the creation of the universe. Researchers...
Biggest Explosion Ever in the Universe Detected
The biggest explosion ever detected since the Big Bang, the beginning of our universe, was detected by researchers in a distant galaxy cluster. The energy from the explosion was over...