Data from the ISS-based Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment supports the idea that dark matter consists of the invisible particles called weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs. The universe seems to be full of dark matter, yet no one knows what it’s made of. The best guess is that invisible particles called weakly interacting massive particles,…
by DANA FARRINGTON For the main article, click here A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky over the Lovell Radio Telescope in Holmes Chapel, U.K., on Aug. 13, 2013. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The annual Perseid meteor shower will streak the sky tonight. The best time to watch is between 3 and 4 a.m., for all…
Mars will be exactly opposite the sun in the sky in a rare cosmic alignment set to take place Tonight (April 8 2014). Called an opposition, this happens with Mars from Earth’s perspective every 778 days, or 2 years, 1 month and 18 days. Think of Earth and Mars as two cars racing on circular tracks. Because…
