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'A bundle of microscopic tornadoes' may be building the cosmic webWhen invisible dark matter spins, it may form clumps of "vortexes" that stretch across space, forming the cosmic web that links all galaxies, new research proposes.
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Mysterious deep-space radio signals reveal location of the universe's 'missing matter'Much of the universe's regular "baryonic" matter is spread through intergalactic space and in diffuse halos around galaxies, researchers proposed after studying the behavior of fast radio bursts emitted from deep space.
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Facing steep funding cuts, scientists propose using black holes as particle collidersNew calculations have revealed that the super-energetic jets produced by spinning black holes could be a source for elusive dark matter particles.
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'Neutron lifetime puzzle' may have a new solutionA type of hydrogen that doesn't interact with light could explain how long neutrons live and reveal the identity of the universe's dark matter, according to a new theory.
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Ghostly galaxy without dark matter baffles astronomersAstronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter, the elusive stuff that makes up most of the material universe.
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The universe's 'missing matter' may have finally been foundAbout half of the non-dark matter in the universe cannot be accounted for by stars and galaxies alone. Now, scientists say previously undetected clouds of hydrogen gas could finally reveal it.
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Stephen Hawking's black hole theory has big implications for the shape of the universe, new study claimsElusive black hole radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking may have influenced the way the universe took shape after the Big Bang, new research suggests.
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First data from Euclid space telescope reveals 26 million galaxies — and another 1.4 billion are on the wayThe Euclid space telescope has spotted 26 million galaxies in just one week of observations.
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'The universe has thrown us a curveball': Largest-ever map of space reveals we might have gotten dark energy totally wrongFindings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that dark energy could be evolving over time. If they're right, cosmology will need a new model.
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