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‘Light shining through a wall’: ALPS experiment begins search for dark matter

Learn more about the ALPS experiment, the most sensitive model-independent method to search for light particles.

Scientists make surprising new discovery about dark energy

Using the eROSITA space telescope, scientists have discovered that dark energy is uniformly distributed in space and time.

Could a terrestrial planet end life on Earth?

The hypothetical existence of a terrestrial planet located between Mars and Jupiter could eliminate life on Earth as we know it.

Dark matter mystery unravelled with new model

An international team of researchers has developed a new model called HYPER that may finally reveal the enigmatic properties of dark matter.

Exploring the mechanisms of cosmetic magnetic fields

Scientists have shed new light on a possible mechanism that may seed magnetic fields for the galactic dynamo.

Characterising the earliest galaxies in the Universe

A team of astrophysicists have used the presence of hydrogen to detect the formation of the Universe's earliest galaxies.

Gamma-ray bursts reveal exciting information about the Universe’s evolution

A team of astrophysicists has succeeded in measuring a gamma-ray burst's hidden energy by utilising light polarisation.

Measuring space weather without leaving the ground

A team of researchers developed a magneto-impedance magnetometer to determine the status of space weather without the use of satellites.

Using atomic clocks in space to solve dark matter mystery

Read about how sending atomic clocks deep into space may help to detect and understand enigmatic dark matter.

Inside Virgo: Europe’s flagship gravitational wave detector

Giancarlo Cella details Italy’s Virgo interferometer, designed to detect gravitational waves predicted by the general theory of relativity.

First galaxies determined by non-detection of key signal

Researchers have been able to make some observations about the first galaxies to exist by using data from India’s SARAS3 radio telescope. 

Astrophysicists hunt for ways to observe the second-closest supermassive black hole

The supermassive black hole is a behemoth that is three million times the mass of the Sun, hosted by the dwarf galaxy Leo I.

LIGO: Unravelling the mysteries of the Universe through gravitational wave detection

Discover how the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Laboratory is advancing gravitational waves research.

Life on exoplanets and the origin of life on Earth

Read how ETH Zurich is pioneering research to uncover the origin of life in the Universe and identify extra-terrestrial life on exoplanets.

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