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 In today's science, the search for the nature of dark matter ranks among the greatest challenges, but the key to fully understanding this substance may well lie within the stars. Specifically, the neutron star     Scientists have inferred the existence of dark matter, but have not observed it directly. It is extremely difficult to detect dark matter particles in experiments on Earth, because dark matter particles rarely interact with regular matter. In order to detect these rare signals, we would need an enormous detector, perhaps so large that it would be impossible to build one on Earth. Natur offers an alternative option in the form of neutron stars - the entire neutron star can act as a dark matter detector. Researchers have found a way to use the information gained from these unique natural dark matter detectors more accurately in research published in Physical Review Letters. They form when giant stars explode in supernovae explosions, making them t...

  A strange radio signal coming from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy has been discovered by astronomers. Researchers have been studying variations in radio waves for a long time, but the waves detected are distinct from any previously studied variations. What is unusual about this signal? According to a statement by the University of Sydney, Wang said the scientists found the new signal most strange because it had a "very high polarisation".  He explained that its light rotates with time, but that it is only in one direction at a time. Polarisation, in simple terms, describes the direction in which light waves oscillate. The study author also noted that this was a never-seen-before phenomenon. It was noted that the brightness varied dramatically and that the signal would turn on and off at random, he said, adding that the brightness varied by a factor of 100 during those episodes.  studying  radio waves for variable or transient objects is one way to unravel...

Wormholes As a story-driver, the wormhole - a shortcut through space - seems to be a fictional concept. It existed long before sci-fi writers became familiar with it under its more formal name of an Einstein-Rosen bridge. It comes out of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, which views gravity as a distortion of space-time caused by massive objects. Theorizing that black holes have a direct connection to each other in 1935, Einstein worked with physicist Nathan Rosen. Wormholes grew out of this analysis. In the 1980s, astrophysicist Carl Sagan decided to write a sci-fi novel, he began considering the idea of actually traveling through a wormhole. Physicist Kip Thorne developed a rapid method for traveling interstellar distances based on Sagan's advice, according to the BBC. Thorne duly devised a way — possible in theory, but highly improbable in practice — that humans might achieve interstellar travel by traversing a wormhole unscathed. After being adapted into...

  In recent years, the climate change crisis has escalated to unprecedented levels, resulting in unimaginable and life-changing consequences. An acclaimed new study contends that global warming is dimming our planet, literally! Global warming is causing the Earth's brightness to decrease, according to a new study. Now you're probably wondering, "how do you even measure something like that?" But researchers have their ways. Keeping track of the Earth's shine requires them to calculate the Earth's 'albedo', or reflectance. The albedo is calculated utilizing something called the 'earthshine'. The crescent moon is most noticeable immediately after sunset or before sunrise, when its dazzling crescent gives way to a dark disc with a faint glow. A crescent moon's unlit parts are known as earthshine because they are glowing from the light reflected from the Earth. The study revealed that earthshine data over the last three years indicates that our ...