Best of Last Week – New model for dark matter, Martian clouds and mind to mind conversing
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 08:32
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —Most of the big news in physics this past week came from astrophysicists, most notably Mikhail Medvedev—he's come up with a new model for dark matter, suggesting it's likely a new type of elementary particle that doesn't fit the standard model. He calls his new model "flavor-mixed multicomponent dark matter." Another team of space scientists discovered new clues for determining the solar cycle—little bright spots known as brightpoints my help better predict the personality change the sun undergoes approximately every eleven years. Space scientists also learned that the Milky Way galaxy is part of a truly massive supercluster of galaxies known as Laniakea—Hawaiian for "immense heaven."