According to new data collected by the astronomers operating the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, it would appear that the spike in cosmic antimatter particle concentrations the Italian spacecraft PAMELA intercepted in 2008 cannot be interpreted as proof of dark matter.
The research bodes both well and bad for... |
23 November 2011
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A collaboration of Italian astrophysicists recently determined that proposals suggesting a radiation belt should exist around our planet are correct. The hypothesized structure – dubbed the Van Allen radiation belt – was identified using an advanced satellite. University of Rome investigators led by Pierg... |
8 August 2011
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According to the results of a recent scientific investigation conducted using the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, it would appear that powerful thunderstorms taking place in Earth's atmosphere can trigger the formation of antimatter beams above the clouds. This type of phenomenon has never been seen before... |
11 January 2011
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Over recent years, astronomers have expressed their amazement at the fluxes of electrons and their antimatter counterparts, the positrons, that were recorded throughout the Milky Way. They tried to explain these occurrences by saying that the positrons could be produced by dark matter, but a new investigation sheds l... |
17 August 2009
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According to scientists who went through the massive volumes of data beamed back by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Integral observatory, the peculiar radiations that permeate our galaxy, the Milky Way, are not caused by the elusive dark matter, as previously believed. These types of radiations were identified... |
3 August 2009
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Many astronomers have speculated that the peculiar distribution of certain forms of gamma-rays in our galaxy, the Milky Way, may be evidence to support the presence of some form of undetectable “dark matter,” which influences its spread patterns. But these theories are disproved by two new scientific pape... |
10 July 2009
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Finding traces of the elusive dark matter is no easy task, as any astrophysicist scouting all parts of the sky can tell you. In theory, it may be possible to detect it using several means, but, thus far, all efforts have been in vain. It would appear, some say, that the best bet for finding dark matter during this ge... |
2 April 2009
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