Read article 'First intermediate black-hole candidate'
A group of researchers from Keio University in Japan has now shown strong evidence for the existence of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) within the Milky Way.
Read article 'Strangeness in quark matter'
17th edition of the International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2017) held at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
Read article 'Study links solar activity to exotic dark matter'
The temporal distribution of solar flares is correlated with the positions of the Earth, Mercury and Venus.
Read article 'Machine learning improves cosmic citizen science'
The DECO team has developed a new machine-learning analysis.
Read article 'Optical survey pinpoints dark-matter structure'
Dark Energy Survey (DES) will predict cosmological parameters such as the fractions of dark energy, dark matter and normal matter.
Read article 'Evidence suggests all stars born in pairs'
A new study suggests that all stars start their lives as part of a binary pair.
Read article 'ESA gives green light for LISA'
The European Space Agency (ESA) gave the official go-ahead for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).
Read article 'Astronomers spot first failed supernova'
Findings suggest the star N6946-BH1 directly collapsed into black hole.
Read article 'Survey reveals edge of dark-matter halos'
Results show that the density of dark matter in a halo does not gradually fall off with distance, as might be expected, but instead exhibits a sharp edge.
Read article 'LHCb brings cosmic collisions down to Earth'
The LHCb collaboration has generated high-energy collisions between protons and helium nuclei similar to those that take place when cosmic rays strike the interstellar medium.
