Saturday, October 11, 2025

Dark Matter

"Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich tapestry of stars and galaxies we see in the night sky evolved." https://phys.org/news/2025-10-astronomers-lowest-mass-dark-gravitational.html

Friday, October 10, 2025

Lowest mass dark object

"Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe."https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/astronomers-find-mystery-dark-object-distant-universe?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Mass of the Universe

"Calculating the total mass of the universe is not simple, because most of the mass is invisible."https://www.astronomy.com/science/how-is-the-total-mass-of-the-universe-calculated/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Clouds Chambers

"Invented in 1911, cloud chambers like this one were among the first devices used to study high-energy particles called cosmic rays, believed to come from exploding stars called supernovas."https://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/cloud-chamber?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Cosmic Rays

"Cosmic rays are particles from outer space that travel across the universe."

https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/what-are-cosmic-rays?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Map of Universe

"The new map of the Universe’s expansion history released by the DESI Collaboration offers hints at a breakdown of the standard model of cosmology."https://physics.aps.org/articles/v18/130

31/ATLAS

"A team of astronomers has attempted to track the path of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS back into the past, tracing its path through the galaxy in simulations involving over 13 million stars."https://www.iflscience.com/interstellar-object-3iatlas-may-be-a-10-billion-year-old-time-capsule-from-an-earlier-age-of-the-universe-81077