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Stories about: ordinary matter

Astronomers Find the Most Distant Quasar in the Universe Quasi stellar objects, or quasars, are the most powerful celestial bodies in the universe, capable of emitting enough energy to be observable across the whole visible universe. The European VLBI Network of radio telescopes has now discovered what appears to be the most distant quasar ever detected. Observations were ... 7 June 2008 03:45 GMT The Mysteries of Dark Energy The problem of dark energy and dark matter was first tackled by Albert Einstein, while working on The Theory of General Relativity. His calculations showed that the universe should present one of the two possible states: either expanding, or contracting. Unwilling to believe his own work, regardless of the results, h... 30 November 2007 10:06 GMT