Physicists see more signs of dark matter Particles are detected in new...

International Herald Tribune;  April 18, 2008 ;     514 words ......Physicists see more signs of dark matter Particles are detected in new experiment...detected the mysterious dark matter particles that astronomers say swaddle...passage through a "wind" of dark matter particles as it goes around the Sun...

Chandra probes nature of dark matter.

M2 Presswire;  September 6, 2001 ;     657 words ......section, or size, of the dark matter particles,'' said Arabadjis. The larger...clusters have suggested that dark matter particles may interact more vigorously...some collisions between dark matter particles may still be needed. These...

US scientists map dark matter in universe

Xinhua News Agency;  December 10, 2005 ;     561 words ......gravity from unseen dark matter. The result of the...illustrating the dark matter's location. According...opportunity to infer dark matter's properties. "The...densest regions of the dark matter haloes, which are...supports the theory that dark matter, ...

JHU-STSCI Team Maps Dark Matter in Startling Detail.

AScribe Science News Service;  December 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Concentrations of dark matter should attract visible...galaxy clusters. Dark matter presents one of...attempts to map dark matter in detail with ground-bas...illustrating the dark matter's location. According...opportunity to infer dark matter's ...

Ripping the mask off of dark matter, maybe.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ......these gamma rays were produced when dark matter particles and antiparticles (don't ask) at the...t ask). The surprise is that these dark matter particles turn out to be light dark matter particles. Isn't light dark sort of oxymoronic...

CONTINUATION: Scientists create the first image of dark matter ; A COSMIC...

The Independent - London;  January 8, 2007 ;     554 words ......mapped the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe," said Richard Massey...of the lead scientists in the team. "Dark matter is a mysterious and invisible form of...discoveries to emerge from the study is that dark matter appears to form an invisible scaffold...

Chinese, Italian Scientists Find Possible Trace of Dark Matter

Xinhua News Agency;  June 6, 2000 ;     222 words ......have found what they believe to be traces of dark matter, announced the Chinese Academy of Sciences...conclusion from their observations in a DAMA (Dark Matter) laboratory, 1,000 meters underground in Gran...crystal to catch the reflection of movement of dark matter particles, ...

Scientists Offer Proof of 'Dark Matter'; Analysis of Galactic Collision...

The Washington Post;  August 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......In effect, the collision stripped the dark matter away from visible matter. Once stripped, dark matter was clearly identified by the strong gravitational...exerted. "We now have direct evidence" of dark matter, said Sean Carroll, a cosmologist in the...way to explain the ...

Tracing the architecture of dark matter. (two types of dark matter...

Science News;  February 10, 1996 ;     577 words ......light. This invisible material, known as dark matter, exerts a gravitational tug, just as...of Japanese astronomers argues that dark matter has another property in common with...speculate that two distinct kinds of dark matter may exist-one that congregates around...

Scientists Illuminate the Nature of Dark Matter

NPR Morning Edition;  February 9, 2006 ;     690 words ......in the universe, dark matter is surely one of...be interested in dark matter. HARRIS: Gerry Gilmore...been fascinated by dark matter for his entire career...Milky Way is full of dark matter, and it is the reason...the weight of the dark matter wasn't ...

Darkness made visible.(dark matter particles,)

U.S. News & World Report;  March 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ......be particles of dark matter, a mysterious...its Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS...sophisticated snares for dark matter particles, which are thought...the scaffolding. Dark matter, consisting mainly...the universe--dark matter and all--to ...

DARK MATTER MAY SHINE WITH INVISIBLE 'DARK LIGHT'

The Hindustan Times;  November 1, 2008 ;     215 words ......indicated that the mysterious dark matter could be shining with its...Astronomers usually assume that dark matter particles barely interact with each...there is a force between dark matter particles that behaves...that is only accessible to dark ...

Hubble creates 3-D map of 'Dark Matter'

The Hindustan Times;  January 22, 2007 ;     494 words ......international team of astronomers create a three-dimensional map of 'dark matter' that provides the first direct look at the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe. Dark matter is an invisible form of matter that accounts for most of...

Twinkle, twinkle: dark matter may have lit up first stars.(This Week)

Science News;  January 5, 2008 ;     509 words ......rth's own sun, mysterious dark matter might have powered the...this whole reservoir of dark matter sitting out there too...formation if lots of dark matter got caught up in dense...Although the nature of dark matter is not known, the researchers...model predicts that ...

Separation anxiety: cosmic collision may shed light on dark matter.(This...

Science News;  August 25, 2007 ;     570 words ......indicates that this material, known as dark matter, is about eight times as abundant as...invisible halos around star-filled galaxies. Dark matter keeps galaxies and galaxy clusters intact, theorists say. The leading model for dark matter suggests that it interacts only through...