Lets start season six of Cosmic Savannah with discussion about the dark side of the universe with Associate Professor Renée Hložek
Jun 28th: The Dark Side of the Universe
Tag: dark matter
May 10th: The Dark Side
Cheap Astronomy stumbles around in the dark againWhat is the latest on dark matter? Are black holes the source of dark energy?
Feb 18th: Are There Invisible Stars in the Universe
What is an axion? How could axions make a star, and what does that have to do with dark matter? What would these stars look like?
Jan 10th: End-Permian Extinction Lasted 10X Longer on Land Than in Water
The biggest mass extinction event on Earth occurred at the end of the Permian period. Now, scientists have found that the terrestrial portion of the event lasted nearly ten times as long as the ocean version.
Jul 20th: A Missing Ingredient
The Universe is full of unanswered questions. One of the biggest questions is what is the Universe made of? And dark matter is one of the mystery
Jun 7th: Dark Matter Delays Supernova Signal
A supernova first observed in 2016 will be replayed in a few years because of the light’s journey through a galaxy cluster and how dark matter gravitationally warps space-time.
Mar 7th: Yes, Scientists DO Look at the (Dark Energy Survey) Data
Every time I get the digital “why can’t you scientists just look at the data” lecture, I wonder what people think scientists do. All we do is look at data including accelerating rate of expansion of the Universe…
Dec 22nd: More (Failed) Observations of Dark Matter
This week EVSN look at the upcoming solar maximum, how solar activity affects Neptune, the robotic invasion fleet on Mars, and how some of the weirdest star systems in reality have been able to form. In our closer look, we fail to see dark matter.
Sep 13th: Milky Way’s Stellar Streams Highlight Dark Matter
Recent observations of twelve different stellar streams around the Milky Way have revealed the effects of dark matter, similar to how lights on a Christmas Tree reveal the shape of the tree in dark.
Sep 4th: Questions: An Unlocked Moon, Energy Into Black Holes, & the Space Station’s Orbit
This week we find out what would happen if the Moon was rotating fast and not tidally locked to the Earth also where the light and matter go into a black hole.