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Combination and summary of ATLAS dark matter searches within 2HDM+a framework

Phys.org - Thu 12 Sep 24

In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky observed that the velocities of galaxies in the Coma Cluster were too high to be maintained solely by the gravitational pull of luminous matter. He ...

ATLAS probes Higgs interaction with the heaviest quarks

Phys.org - Mon 9 Sep 24

A central aim of the ATLAS Higgs physics program is to measure, with increasing precision, the strength of interactions of the Higgs boson with elementary fermions and bosons.

AI helps distinguish dark matter from cosmic noise

Phys.org - Fri 6 Sep 24

Dark matter is the invisible force holding the universe together—or so we think. It makes up about 85% of all matter and around 27% of the universe's contents, but since we can't see it directly, ...

AI Helps Distinguish Dark Matter From Cosmic Noise, Mirage News - Tue 10 Sep 24
New AI Distinguishes Dark Matter from Cosmic Interference, Science Blog - Fri 6 Sep 24
AI Distinguishes Dark Matter From Cosmic Noise, Mirage News - Fri 6 Sep 24
AI helps distinguish dark matter from cosmic noise, AlphaGalileo - Fri 6 Sep 24
AI helps distinguish dark matter from cosmic noise, Eurekalert - Fri 6 Sep 24
Dark Matter May Have Formed Early Supermassive Black Holes, Mirage News - Tue 27 Aug 24
Astronomers Achieve Record-Breaking Radio Observations, Mirage News - Tue 27 Aug 24

First detection of cross-correlation between cosmic shear and X-ray background enhances baryonic matter understanding

Phys.org - Thu 5 Sep 24

A new study in Physical Review Letters offers the first detection of the cross-correlation between cosmic shear and diffuse X-ray background, helping to understand the distribution of baryonic ...

In an epic cosmology clash, rival scientists begin to find common ground 

ScienceNews - Wed 4 Sep 24

Different measurements of the cosmic expansion rate disagree. The James Webb telescope could determine whether that disagreement is real.

Dark Matter Search in Gravitational-Wave Data

APS Physics - Wed 4 Sep 24

Author(s): Michael SchirberAn analysis of gravitational data from the LIGO detector sets new limits on a wave-like form of dark matter called scalar-field dark matter.[Physics 17, s101] Published ...

Exclusive: Inside the Quest to Create the First-Ever Movie of A Black Hole

Inverse - Sun 1 Sep 24

The next generation Event Horizon Telescope (ngEHT) — an array of worldwide radio telescopes that converge to create an Earth-sized virtual telescope — is working on creating the first ever ...

Earth-sized telescope takes highest resolution black hole images from our planet

Cosmos Magazine - Wed 28 Aug 24

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has made the highest resolution observations from the surface of Earth as it gears up to take images of black holes in distant galaxies. The ...

Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe

Phys.org - Tue 27 Aug 24

It takes a long time for supermassive black holes, like the one at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, to form. Typically, the birth of a black hole requires a giant star with the mass of at ...

Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe, Scienmag - Wed 28 Aug 24
Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe, Eurekalert - Wed 28 Aug 24

The Event Horizon Telescope Just Made A Major Breakthrough — Black Holes Can Now Be Seen in ‘Color Vision’

Inverse - Tue 27 Aug 24

— EHT, D. Pesce, A. ChaelThe team behind the first ever image of a black hole can now observe the same celestial gargantuan with greater definition than ever before.On Tuesday, the Event ...

Event Horizon Telescope makes highest-resolution black hole detections from Earth

Phys.org - Tue 27 Aug 24

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has conducted test observations achieving the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface of the Earth, by detecting light from the centers ...

Event horizon telescope makes highest-resolution black hole detections from Earth, Science Blog - Tue 27 Aug 24
EHT Scientists Achieve Record-Breaking Earth Observations, Mirage News - Tue 27 Aug 24
Event Horizon Telescope Captures Sharpest Black Hole Images, Mirage News - Tue 27 Aug 24
Event horizon telescope makes highest-resolution black hole detections from Earth, Eurekalert - Tue 27 Aug 24
EHT scientists make highest-resolution observations yet from the surface of Earth, Eurekalert - Tue 27 Aug 24

Cosmology is at a tipping point – we may be on the verge of discovering new physics

ZME Science - Thu 12 Sep 24

For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds ...

Keith Rabois says Miami is still a great place for startups, even as a16z leaves

TechCrunch - Thu 12 Sep 24

Keith Rabois, managing director of Khosla Ventures, was having dinner with a “very successful CEO” in October 2018 when the CEO asked him a question. How many people does it take to create ...

JGU hosts annual meeting of the ATLAS Collaborative Research Center

idw-online - Thu 12 Sep 24

Around 120 physicists are coming together on the campus of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz from September 10 to 13 to analyze data from the ATLAS experiment at the LHC/CERN

JGU hosts annual meeting of the ATLAS Collaborative Research Center, Eurekalert - Thu 12 Sep 24
JGU hosts annual meeting of the ATLAS Collaborative Research Center, AlphaGalileo - Thu 12 Sep 24

The Search for Dark Matter Just Got a Lot Harder

Scientific American - Wed 4 Sep 24

Dark matter may be lighter in mass than once hoped

Astronomers make highest-resolution observations ever from Earth's surface

Techspot - Wed 28 Aug 24

Researchers working with the Event Horizon Telescope program have tested a new method to observe deep space objects, particularly supermassive black holes. By using only a subset of the observatories ...

Better images of black holes are coming—maybe even movies

Popular Science - Tue 27 Aug 24

Most of the world became aware of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project in 2019 with the publication of the first-ever image of a black hole: M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center ...

A New Milestone in Sharpness

idw-online - Tue 27 Aug 24

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) recently imaged the shadows around the supermassive black holes in M 87 and Sgr A* at a wavelength of 1.3mm. Since angular resolution increases with decreasing ...

Black Hole Telescope Makes Record Observations From Earth's Surface

ScienceAlert - Tue 27 Aug 24

Coming soon: black holes with 50% more detail.

Snow White and the seven(teen) dwarves search for dark matter

Astrobites - Wed 4 Sep 24

Title: An indirect search for dark matter with a combined analysis of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from VERITASAuthors: The VERITAS CollaborationStatus: Accepted to PRD Making, shaking, and breaking ...

Event Horizon Telescope captures highest-resolution images ever taken from the ground

Astronomy.com - Tue 27 Aug 24

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) was designed to capture images of some of the most gargantuan structures in the universe — and a new observation just pushed it to its limits. In a study ...

Large Hadron Collider Breakthrough: Quantum Entanglement Like Never Before

SciTechDaily - Fri 20 Sep 24

Quantum entanglement, an intriguing aspect of quantum physics, allows particles to remain interconnected regardless of distance. This phenomenon was explored at new heights in 2023 when the ...

JGU richtet Jahrestreffen des ATLAS-Forschungsschwerpunkts aus

AlphaGalileo - Thu 12 Sep 24

Die Zusammenhänge zwischen Teilchen und ihrer Masse, die Zusammensetzung des Universums aus Materie und Antimaterie sowie die Suche nach bisher unbekannten Teilchen wie der sogenannten ...

Researchers receive grant to propel Higgs boson and particle physics research

Eurekalert - Thu 12 Sep 24

Kennesaw State University researchers Nikolaos Kidonakis and Marco Guzzi have received their second joint grant from the National Science Foundation to further their research on the Higgs boson, ...

Combination and summary of ATLAS dark matter searches in 2HDM+a

Eurekalert - Thu 12 Sep 24

Understanding the nature of dark matter is a significant frontier in particle physics. This paper reports a milestone experimental result from the ATLAS collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider ...

AI distinguishes dark matter signals from cosmic noise

SpaceDaily - Wed 11 Sep 24

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 11, 2024 Dark matter, an unseen force believed to hold the universe together, constitutes approximately 85% of all matter and 27% of the universe's content. Although ...

UAlbany physicists highlight ongoing progress in dark matter search

SpaceDaily - Tue 10 Sep 24

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2024 Physicists at the University at Albany celebrated the latest advancements in the search for direct evidence of dark matter on Monday, as new findings from ...

AI Unmasks the Ghost Particle: A New Era in Dark Matter Research

SciTechDaily - Fri 6 Sep 24

Dark matter, making up 85% of all matter in the universe, remains elusive due to its invisible nature, studied only through its gravitational effects. Scientists, using theories of particle ...

The Hunt for Dark Matter: Astronomers Uncover Unexpected Findings in the Lyman-Alpha Forest

SciTechDaily - Thu 5 Sep 24

The study traces dark matter using hydrogen in the Lyman-Alpha forest, revealing tensions between observed cosmic data and theoretical expectations, hinting at new particles or effects from ...

'Nowhere Near Done' -- UAlbany Physicists Hail Latest in Dark Matter Hunt

Newswise - Wed 4 Sep 24

Physicists at the University at Albany hail the latest progress in the hunt for direct evidence of dark matter -- believed to be a massive-but-so-far-invisible building block to the universe.

Closing In on Dark Matter Deep Underground: The Quest To Find the Universe’s Missing 85%

SciTechDaily - Tue 3 Sep 24

The LZ dark matter experiment continues its quest to detect dark matter, utilizing a large xenon tank to capture rare particle interactions deep underground. Although no dark matter particles ...

Highest-Resolution Black Hole Images Captured by Event Horizon Telescope

SpaceDaily - Fri 30 Aug 24

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has achieved the sharpest images ever captured from Earth, detecting light from the centers of distant galaxies ...

How Did Black Holes Get So Big, So Fast? The Answer Lies in the Dark

SciTechDaily - Thu 29 Aug 24

Radiation from dark matter in the early universe may have kept hydrogen gas hot enough to condense into black holes. Supermassive black holes typically take billions of years to form. But the ...

Groundwork begins for LISA space detector

SpaceDaily - Wed 28 Aug 24

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 27, 2024 In early 2024, the European Space Agency approved the launch of LISA, the first gravitational-wave observatory in space, set for 2034. Unlike ground-based ...

EHT Makes Highest-Resolution Black Hole Detections Yet from Earth

Sci.News - Tue 27 Aug 24

EHT astrophysicists have conducted test observations achieving the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface of the Earth, by detecting light from the centers of distant galaxies at ...

Highest-resolution observations yet from the surface of Earth

ScienceDaily - Tue 27 Aug 24

Astronomers have achieved the highest resolution ever obtained from the surface of Earth. They managed this feat by detecting light from distant galaxies at a frequency of around 345 GHz, equivalent ...