Dark Matter Could Be Responsible for Asteroid Impacts on Earth

The mysterious dark matter that fills the entire universe could make devastating asteroids and comets fall onto the Earth, causing mass extinctions, including the one of mankind. American physicists claim to have found evidence for the correctness of this theory in craters on the surface of the Earth. Lisa Randall…

Gamma-Rays at the Center of Our Galaxy May Come from Dark Matter

New data from NASA's Fermi Space Telescope show that the center of our galaxy produces far greater amounts of high gamma-ray energy. The origin of these gamma-rays could possibly be explained by the presence of the mysterious dark matter. A team of scientists led by astrophysicist Dan Hooper of the…

Scientists Found an Unknown Structure in the Empty Regions of the Universe

Scientists from the University of Western Australia led by Mehmet Alpaslan discovered that galaxies, which can be occasionally found in the huge empty regions of the universe that lie between the main galaxy clusters, are not scattered in this "desert" chaotically, but rather are aligned into relatively short strings. According…

If Intelligent Alien Civilizations Exist, How Could We Detect Them?

Any arguments on the subject of intelligent alien civilizations have always triggered a lot of assumptive statements. Whether they exist. Whether they are advanced. Whether they are intelligent. Whether they have reached the stage of civilization and technological progress. Whether they have been developing in the same way as we…