ATLAS releases 65 TB of open data for research

ATLAS releases 65 TB of open data for research

The ATLAS Experiment at CERN has made two years’ worth of scientific data available to the public for research purposes. The data include recordings of proton–proton collisions from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at a collision energy of 13 TeV. This is the first time that ATLAS has released data on this scale, and it …

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Scientists Discover ‘Dark Stars’ for the First Time Using Webb Telescope

Scientists Discover ‘Dark Stars’ for the First Time Using Webb Telescope

In December 2022, the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) identified three objects named JADES-GS-z13-0, JADES-GS-z12-0, and JADES-GS-z11-0, initially classified as galaxies. … [+] However, upon closer examination, these objects exhibit characteristics resembling “dark stars.” NASA/ESA Astrophysicists have made an intriguing discovery while studying images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. They have come …

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Europe’s ‘Dark Universe’ Mission Set to Launch This Weekend

Europe’s ‘Dark Universe’ Mission Set to Launch This Weekend

Artist’s impression of the Euclid spacecraft. ESA/ATG medialab (spacecraft); NASA, ESA, CXC, C. Ma, H. Ebeling and E. Barrett (University of Hawaii/IfA), et al. and STScI (background) Dark matter continues to confound astronomers, as it remains invisible to direct observation. Despite this, it comprises the majority of the mass in galaxies. Dark energy, an equally …

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