Over 6000 exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than our Sun, have been discovered, offering a glimpse into the vast diversity of planetary systems beyond our own. As our technological capabilities continue to advance, this number is expected to rise, and many exoplanets will be unveiled. Amidst this cosmic diversity, one question prevails: how do we…Continue Reading Exploring the Twilight Zone on Extrasolar Planets
Dark matter is a mysterious substance that has evaded all of our attempts at directly detecting it in our experiments on Earth. Dark matter is an important ingredient of the Universe’s evolution as it is the foundation upon which galaxies form – without it we would not exist in the solar system we find ourselves…Continue Reading How to Use Asteroids to Look for Dark Matter
Dark Matter More than 80 years ago, the German physicist Fritz Zwicky theorized the existence of an invisible substance whose gravity holds galaxies together. He called it Dunkle Materie: Dark Matter – and to this day we have no great theory for what it might be. We have written about dark matter on our blog…Continue Reading Could Gamma Rays Shed Light on Dark Matter?