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Large Hadron Collider switches on at highest ever power level to look for dark matter
By Ben Turner published
Physicists say the third run will collect more data than the previous two combined.
What is the universe?
By Paul Sutter published
Reference It's quite a big question and a lot is still unknown about the universe, but we'll tell you everything that we do know, from how the universe was created, how old it is and what it's even made of.
Dark matter could be a cosmic relic from extra dimensions
By Robert Lea published
Massive gravitons may have formed a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang, in abundances great enough to account for dark matter.
Could the secret of supermassive black holes lie in ultralight dark matter?
By Stefanie Waldek published
Though scientists know there's a supermassive black hole at the center of most galaxies, they can't explain how the gravitational giants formed.
Our universe may have a twin that runs backward in time
By Paul Sutter published
A mirror universe that runs backward in time sprouted up before the Big Bang.
Cosmic robbery could explain lack of dark matter in some galaxies
By Samantha Mathewson published
Large galaxies may steal dark matter from smaller galaxies they nearly collide with, new research suggests.
The Higgs boson could have kept our universe from collapsing
By Paul Sutter published
The Higgs boson particle could have kept our universe from collapsing within a larger multiverse, physicists say.
Astronomers propose building a neutrino detector out of the Pacific Ocean
By Paul Sutter published
The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment would turn a massive swath of the Pacific Ocean into nature's own neutrino detector.
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