Day: April 28, 2012

Article from New Scientist online pages Wanted: fragments of a minivan-sized meteor that exploded over northern California and Nevada on Sunday morning and may well have survived to strike Earth. Meteorites – meteors that make landfall – can provide crucial information about the chemical composition of the early solar system. “It’s like getting sample return …

Hunt is on for pieces of van-sized California meteor Read More »

The results may mean that attempts to directly detect particles of the invisible substance on Earth are likely to be unsuccessful. From Astronomy Magazine online By ESO, Garching, Germany — Published: April 19, 2012 This annotated artist’s impression shows the Milky Way Galaxy. The blue halo of material surrounding the galaxy indicates the expected distribution …

New study finds mysterious lack of dark matter in Sun’s neighborhood Read More »