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04/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists are actually losing ground on their understanding of dark matter, as new research contradicts previous findings

Researchers have been forced to backtrack on what little they thought they understood about the enigmatic substance called “dark matter.” The 180-degree turn came in the wake of a new study that suggested dark matter may not really be interacting with forces outside of gravity, according to a ScienceDaily article. In 2015, an international research […]

03/11/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Could 5,000 pencil-shaped robots help solve the mysteries of our universe?

At 45 years of age, the decades-old Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope was due for an upgrade. This four-meter reflector telescope will be given just that this year. Though instead of a new eyepiece or objective lens, the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope was instead outfitted with about 5,000 fiber optic sensor-equipped, pencil-sized robots. By adding these […]

11/30/2017 / By Ethan Huff

“Dark Matter” phenomenon pushed by science to explain 96% of the universe may be complete bunk, new scientists declare

How would you respond if someone tried to tell you that basically everything you think you know about the function of the universe is patently false? This is the shocking proposition recently put forth by a scientist from Switzerland, whose latest work on the subject suggests that the age-old theory of “dark matter” governing the […]

04/17/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Scientists now claim “dark energy” – which makes up 68% of the the entire cosmos – may be totally imaginary

Dark energy is not so dark anymore…or existent. A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society asserts that the enigmatic dark energy doesn’t really exist. For the last two decades, it was believed that 68% of the universe was made from dark energy (in contrast, dark matter makes up 27% […]

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