Category Archives: BBC News

Dark matter hinted at again at Cresst experiment – WBNews

Scientists may have seen more hints of the dark matter purported to make up a...

Donors help re-open mothballed telescopes searching for ET – WBNews

Telescopes looking for extra terrestrial intelligence should re-open within weeks after donors replaced income lost...

Is the Large Hadron Collider closing in on Higgs particle? – WBNews

Are the Higgs hunters closing in on their quarry? Listening to the buzz at the...

Dark matter may solve ‘radio filaments’ mystery – WBNews

Unexplained “filaments” of radio-wave emission close to our galaxy’s centre may hold proof of the...

New method ‘confirms dark energy’ – WBNews

First results from a major astronomical survey using a cutting-edge technique appear to have confirmed...

Dark matter theory challenged by gassy galaxies result – WBNews

A controversial theory that challenges the existence of dark matter has been buoyed by studies...

Solar flares on dwarf stars could threaten alien life – WBNews

Red dwarf stars have surprisingly frequent flare-ups, scientists say, and these solar flares’ effects could...

Bangs big and small in cosmic origins debate – WBNews

It turns out that sometimes this same “observer effect” crops up in science journalism. The...