Two U.S. physicists have suggested that the nine concentric rings surrounding the galaxy LEDA 1313424, also known as the Bullseye galaxy, could have emerged through the quantum behavior of particles of dark matter. Through analysis published in The Astrophysical Journal, Pierre Sikivie and Yuxin Zhao at the University of Florida argue that the extraordinary structure wasn’t created by a collision between galaxies, as previous theories had suggested—but by a Bose-Einstein condensate of axions.
Ripple-like rings of the ‘Bullseye galaxy’ could be explained by dark matter
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Whether someone prefers Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo—arguably two of the world’s greatest footballers today—may be associated with their political outlook, according to the results of an international survey led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore [...]
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UK newspapers responded to a major climate ruling by the world’s top court by claiming “lawfare” and linking the decision to the U.K.’s proposed handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a new review of [...]
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A new study by Prof. Gabriel Weimann, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University and professor emeritus in the Department of Communication at the University of Haifa, and Daniel [...]
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As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to fall, new research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania finds that jury service is associated with more positive attitudes [...]
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Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year, “brain rot,” refers to the loss of intelligence or critical thinking skills due to the overconsumption of specific types of content, most often in the digital sphere. A Binghamton [...]
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Listening to someone who disagrees with you on a controversial topic, but shares basic values, might not change your mind—but it could moderate an extreme position, reducing polarization, new Cornell economics research finds.This post was [...]
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When citizens feel a bigger tax pinch, political corruption goes down and voter turnout rises. That’s a key finding from new research led by Washington State University, which found that a higher tax burden is [...]
