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New Technique Looks for Dark Matter Traces in Dark Places

Study knocks down some theories for the origin of a mysterious light signature that has puzzled physicists for years

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In this composite image, theorized particles of decaying dark matter should produce a spherical halo of X-ray emission – represented here as colorized matter concentrated around the center of the Milky Way (in black and white) – that could be detectable when looking in otherwise blank regions of the galaxy.

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Coronavirus lockdown leading to drop in pollution across Europe

New data, based on observations from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, are showing strong reductions in nitrogen dioxide concentrations over several major cities across Europe – including Paris, Madrid and Rome.

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Nitrogen dioxide concentrations over France

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ALMA Resolves Gas Impacted by Young Jets from Supermassive Black Hole

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ALMA image of MG J0414+0534 (emissions from dust and ionized gas shown in red and emissions from carbon monoxide gas shown in green).

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Fast Radio Bursts: Signals from Neutron Star Binaries

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Artist's illustration of a binary star system consisting of two highly magnetized neutron stars.

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Another One Bites the Dust

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Another One Bites the Dust

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Hunting out water on the Moon

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Hunting out water on the Moon

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The Dark Side of the Matter

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Good Luck Sorting This Hat

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Close-up of the Sombrero Galaxy, M104 from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Learning from LIGO’s Second Binary Neutron Star Detection

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LIGO has discovered another likely binary neutron star merger — and this one has new, interesting implications.

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New 3D View of Methane Tracks Sources and Movement around the Globe

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