News articles tagged with 'Universe'
The most distant mature galaxy cluster
— 9 Mar 2011 20:20 | Astronomy'We have measured the distance to the most distant mature cluster of galaxies ever found,' says the lead author of the study in which the observations from ESO's VLT have been used,…
Gas rich galaxies confirm prediction of modified gravity theory
— 23 Feb 2011 17:43 | AstronomyRecent data for gas rich galaxies precisely match predictions of a modified theory of gravity know as MOND according to a new analysis by University of Maryland Astronomy Professor…
Super-sharp radio 'eye' remeasuring the universe
— 20 Feb 2011 16:06 | AstronomyUsing the super-sharp radio 'vision' of astronomy's most precise telescope, scientists have extended a directly-measured 'yardstick' three times farther into the cosmos than ever before,…
Hunt for dark matter closes in at Large Hadron Collider
— 1 Feb 2011 21:39 | PhysicsThe scientists have now carried out the first full run of experiments that smash protons together at almost the speed of light. When these sub-atomic particles collide at the heart…
Planck unveils wonders of the Universe
— 11 Jan 2011 17:02 | AstronomyThe first scientific results from Europe's Planck spacecraft featuring the coldest objects in the Universe have today been released…
Surprise: Dwarf galaxy harbours supermassive black hole
— 9 Jan 2011 19:13 | AstronomyThe surprising discovery of a supermassive black hole in a small nearby galaxy has given astronomers a tantalising look at how black holes and galaxies may have grown in the early history…
UBC physicists make atoms and dark matter add up
— 30 Nov 2010 21:39 | PhysicsPhysicists at the University of British Columbia and TRIUMF have proposed a unified explanation for dark matter and the so-called baryon asymmetry - the apparent imbalance of matter…
Clearing the cosmic fog
— 22 Oct 2010 20:07 | AstronomyA European team of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has measured the distance to the most remote galaxy so far. By carefully analysing the very faint glow of the galaxy…
Growing galaxies gently
— 14 Oct 2010 10:36 | AstronomyThe first galaxies formed before the Universe was less than one billion years old and were much smaller than the giant systems - including the Milky Way - that we see today. So somehow…
Canadian leads publishing of first results from Large Hadron Collider
— 13 Oct 2010 16:57 | PhysicsResearchers used Einstein's famous E=mc2 equation and the Large Hadron Collider to recreate a miniature version of the event at the origins of our Universe, and the first findings from…