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Possibility of Dark Bosons Entices Physicists – Scientific American

A fascinating article in Sci-AM suggests possible hints of dark bosons in heavy isotopes that could be clues to new physics: Source: Possibility of Dark Bosons Entices Physicists – Scientific American Stories about possible new physics arise all the time, but this one sounded a bit more fascinating than usual!

I recently visited the Royal Observatory at Greenwich…

from my original blog on 1/9/19: I last came here over 20 years ago and enjoyed a night-time tour with the opportunity to look through the great 28″ refractor. Even today, this telescope it still one of the largest refractors in the world. However, its location near London makes for rather poor seeing through light-pollutedContinue reading “I recently visited the Royal Observatory at Greenwich…”

Hav you ever wondered how the planets formed? …

Have you ever wondered how the planets formed? Now you can see for yourself with the updates that are starting to come through from the New Horizons probe’s flyby of Ultima Thule… “We’re looking at one of the first building blocks that came together to form the planets and moons,” says Jeffrey Moore, a researchContinue reading “Hav you ever wondered how the planets formed? …”

ALICE: Where does the Solar System end and inter-stellar space begin?

One of the interesting questions in Astronomy is where does the Solar System end and inter-stellar space begin? There’s a nice result being shared by NASA from the ALICE instrument on the ‘New Horizons’ spacecraft that is helping with that question and confirming observations from the Voyager spacecraft. ‘New Horizons’ is the spacecraft that flewContinue reading “ALICE: Where does the Solar System end and inter-stellar space begin?”