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Universe’s missing half: What is antimatter and why it matters

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[ad_1] In 1930, theoretical physicist Paul Dirac was trying to reconcile quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity when his equations hinted at something strange: the existence of a “mirror” particle identical to the electron, but with opposite charge. Its implications made him uneasy  — that every particle has an antiparticle, and that perhaps the […]

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Researchers create map of Milky Way’s graveyard of dead stars

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[ad_1] Researchers have created a chart of the corpses of massive stars that have since collapsed into black holes and neutron stars. The study reveals that this “galactic graveyard” stretches three times the height of the Milky Way and that close to one-third of the objects have been flung out from the galaxy. “These compact […]

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