Stars containing dark matter should look different from other stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding evidence for dark matter the unknown substance that theoretically makes up 23% of the universe has been one of the biggest challenges in modern cosmology. Several experiments are underway to detect dark matter candidates known as Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) as they travel through the Earth. And experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are trying to produce WIMPs through proton beam collisions. Now in a new study, scientists have shown that feebly annihilating dark matter particles captured inside a star can provide an additional source of energy to the star, resulting in changes to its structure and appearance. Observing these stars could potentially offer scientists a tool to detect and analyze this kind of dark matter....
Source: PhysOrg - Monday, 20 February
Related articles:
- Less than eight hours ago
- 1Vote! How Many Stars Never Make the Big Time?
LabSpaces - Today
- Less than a few days ago
- 1Vote! Lying in wait for WIMPs: Researchers seek to dramatically increase sensitivity of Large Underground Xenon detector
PhysOrg - Yesterday
- 4Vote! Lying in wait for WIMPs: Researchers seek to increase the sensitivity of Large Underground Xenon detector by orders of m
- 2Vote! Dark matter makes a comeback
-
-
-
Galaxies: Collisions, Types & Other Facts - Space.com
-
- Less than a week ago
- 3Vote! Galaxies in the young cosmos
- Older News
- 4Vote! Constellation Station: Bright Stars Sparkle in Skywatcher Photo
- 4Vote! Suns Spew Superflares
- 4Vote! Kepler satellite telescope reveals hundreds of superflares on distant stars
- 5Vote! Stellar superflares' trigger challenged
ScienceNews - Wednesday, 16 May
- 5Vote! Colossal Superflares Erupt from Sun-Like Stars
- 8Vote! Galaxies: Collisions, Types & Other Facts
- 4Vote! FOR KIDS: Dark matter search turns up empty
- 1Vote! How nature shapes the birth of stars
- 1Vote! Juno spacecraft images 'Big Dipper'
- 3Vote! Cygnus-X: the cool swan glowing in flight
- 4Vote! Brainless brittle stars move (sort of) like us
Futurity.org - Thursday, 10 May
- 3Vote! Scientists spot unseen planet in Kepler scope data
Yahoo Science News - Thursday, 10 May
- 4Vote! 5-limbed brittle stars move bilaterally, like people
- 3Vote! Swan Glowing in Flight
- 1Vote! Free-floating planets in the Milky Way outnumber stars by factors of thousands
