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Dark matter surrounding Earth a possibility

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 13:09

This could very well end the suspense over the hypothetical presence of a halo, or ring, surrounding our Earth.

LHC revamp promises huge power boost for `God particle` follow-up

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 10:54

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is set for a massive power boost, paving its way for a dramatic follow-up to "God particle".

Use of Roman ingots in `dark matter and neutrinos study` sparks controversy

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 19:30

The properties of the lead bricks recovered from ancient Roman shipwrecks are ideal for experiments in particle physics and scientists have begun to use them to study dark matter and neutrinos, but archaeologists have raised alarm about the destruction and trading of cultural heritage that lies behind this.

Relativistic jets from black holes may be `heavy ones`

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 18:32

A new study has claimed that atomic nuclei`s present in the relativistic jets shooting out from the black hole binary system 4U 1630-47.

HC dismisses PIL on CHOGM; says it cannot interfere in policy matter

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 19:11

Madras HC Bench dismissed a PIL seeking to restrain the Centre from sending a delegation to CHOGM scheduled in Sri Lanka from November 15.

Search for `elusive` dark matter turns up empty

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 11:58

The search for the elusive dark matter has met with vain after the first results from a high-tech instrument turned up empty.

Congress treating Telangana as `an internal party matter`: Venkaiah Naidu

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 18:26

Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday accused the Congress-led UPA government of mismanaging the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, and said the Centre was treating it as an internal party matter.

`Elusive` signals from universe moments after Big Bang found

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 10:01

Astronomers used telescope in Antarctica and ESA`s Herschel space observatory to detect a subtle twist in the relic radiation from the Big Bang, which could reveal the first moments of the Universe`s existence.

20-year dark matter mystery `unravelled`

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 14:52

Astronomers believe that they have found the answers to a 20-year debate over how dark matter is distributed in small galaxies.

`New physics` could help unravel mysteries of universe

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 12:09

A new branch of research field called new physics could turn our understanding of the universe upside down.

Beijing toughens pollution norms for cleaner air

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 09:15

China’s capital city Monday unveiled a package of measures, including cutting vehicle emissions and curbing industrial pollution, in a bid to improve air quality in the often smog-shrouded city.

Milky Way galaxy lighter than previously presumed

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 12:58

Milky Way`s dark matter mass suggests that the galaxy weighs just 25 - 33 percent of the amount that was previously estimated, according to a study.