Researchers advance gravitational wave detection to study collisions of neutron stars and black holes

Researchers advance gravitational wave detection to study collisions of neutron stars and black holes

This graph shows the time it took the researchers to send out an alert, with the average alert time being less than 30 seconds.Photo credit: Andrew Toivonen Researchers at the …

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Dark matter: A new experiment aims to turn ghostly matter into actual light

Dark matter: A new experiment aims to turn ghostly matter into actual light

Galaxy cluster (left), visible dark matter ring (right).Image source: NASA A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations show that approximately …

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Large Hadron Collider experiment targets magnetic monopoles

Large Hadron Collider experiment targets magnetic monopoles

MoEDAL detector.Image source: CERN The late physicist Joseph Polchinski once said that the existence of magnetic monopoles is “one of the safest bets one can make about physics that has …

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A major new study shows wildlife conservation is possible.But Chris Packham warns time is running out

A major new study shows wildlife conservation is possible.But Chris Packham warns time is running out

A watershed review aimed at understanding whether wildlife conservation programs around the world are actually effective has found that two-thirds of cases are successful. However, conservationists such as wildlife presenter …

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Study Investigating Radio Emissions of Rotating Radio Transients RRAT J1854+0306

Study Investigating Radio Emissions of Rotating Radio Transients RRAT J1854+0306

Polarization pulse profile of RRAT J1854+0306 with different phase bins. From left to right, the 127th pulse observed on November 22, 2021 shows 512, 4,096, and 16,384 phase bins. The …

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Shark conservation is so successful that researchers are looking for ways to curb human-shark interactions

Shark conservation is so successful that researchers are looking for ways to curb human-shark interactions

Shark conservation efforts over the past two decades have been so successful that researchers are testing ways to mitigate human-shark conflicts as populations continue to increase. Demian Chapman, a senior …

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