ASTRONOMY NEWS & LINKS
© Susanne Weimer

Aug 21 2006	[Harvard] Observations of a collision of two large clusters of galaxies provide the strongest evidence yet that dark matter exists.
Aug 17 2006	[ESO/MPG] Discovery of rapidly forming, large proto-disc galaxies only three billion years after the big bang
Jul 03 2006	[ESO] Falling Onto the Dark - Rare Blob Unveiled: Evidence for Hydrogen Gas Falling onto a Dark Matter Clump?
Mar 15 2006	[ESO] The Cosmic Dance of Distant Galaxies. GIRAFFE at VLT reveals the turbulent life of distant galaxies
Mar 15 2006	[MPG] Did dark matter create the first stars?
Feb 20 2006	[PPARC] Dark Matter further challenged by improved modified gravity
Jan 09 2006	[Berkeley] Milky Way galaxy is warped and vibrating like a drum
Dec 21 2005	[NOAO] Flashes from the Past: Echoes from Ancient Supernovae
Nov 17 2005	[STScI] Identification of 19 new gravitational lenses among which are 8 Einstein rings
Apr 07 2005	[Harvard] Concentrated Dark Matter at the Cores of Fossil Galaxies
Mar 16 2005	[UW] Researchers find evidence of dark energy in our galactic neighborhood
Feb 23 2005	[PPARC] Seeing the invisible - first dark galaxy discovered?
Jan 12 2005	[AAO] Galaxy patterns reveal missing link to Big Bang
Jan 11 2005	[UArizona] Astronomers Find Gravity's Signature in Galaxy Distribution
Dec 30 2004	[MPA] Searching for Fossil Star Streams in Nearby Galaxies
Oct 26 2004	[Harvard] Chandra's Find of Lonely Halo Raises Questions About Dark Matter
Aug 02 2004	[MPA] The largest N-body simulation of the universe
Jun 03 2004	[ESO/MPG] Largest x-ray survey of galaxy clusters provides new constraints on Dark Matter
May 18 2004	[Harvard] Dark energy's effect on the acceleration of the Universe confirmed by x-ray observations of galaxy clusters
Feb 20 2004	[STScI] New Clues About the Nature of Dark Energy: Einstein May Have Been Right After All
Jan 07 2004	[NASA] New found cosmic structure - a giant string of galaxies about 300 million light-years long
Sep 16 2003	[LBL] Homing in on Dark Energy with Supernova Studies from Space
Jul 15 2003	[UWisconsin] Icebound Antarctic telescope delivers first neutrino sky map
Jun 11 2003	[Harvard] Hot News for Cold Dark Matter
Apr 02 2003	[RAS] Astronomers Find "Naked" Galaxies, Devoid of Dark Matter
Feb 19 2003	[CfA] Missing Mass Exists As Warm Intergalactic Fog
Nov 07 2002	[Jodrell] New Evidence for Dark Energy in the Universe.
Oct 22 2002	[Harvard] Dark Matter Reality Check: Chandra Casts Cloud On Alternative Theory
Dec 11 2001	[AAO] Dark matter distribution on large scales corresponds to galaxies.
Dec 05 2001	[ESO] First image of a dark matter object: MACHO is a small and cool star.
Sep 06 2001	[Harvard] Distribution of dark matter in the distant galaxy cluster EMSS 1358+6245.
Sep 06 2001	[Harvard] Determination of the amount of dark matter in 5 large clusters of galaxies.
Aug 14 2001	[NOAO] New galaxy cluster detected by its gravitational effects. Possible new method to test the accelerating univers.
Apr 02 2001	[STScI] Farthest supernova ever seen supports theory of dark energy.
Mar 22 2001	[Berkeley] First direct detection of dark matter in the galactic halo.
Mar 08 2001	[AAO] Only 35% of the Universe's energy is in the form of matter.
Jan 08 2001	[LLNL] Microlensing observations support the existance of baryonic dark matter in the halo of the Milky Way.
Jan 04 2001	[RAS] Dark matter: Completely dark galaxies.
Dec 01 2000	[ESO] Mapping of Dark Matter: mass alone will not stop the current expansion of the universe.
Oct 01 2000	[MPA] Self-interacting dark matter and the distribution of matter in clusters of galaxies.
May 10 2000	[NSF] First observations of cosmological shear and distribution of dark matter by weak gravitational lensing.
May 09 2000	[Berkeley] MAXIMA: another balloon-borne experiment finds evidence for a flat universe and a cosmological constant.
Mar 07 2000	[CFHT] First glimpse of dark matter distribution.
Jan 06 1999	[Hawaii] Ghost Galaxies: galaxies made almost entirely of dark matter may outnumber luminous galaxies.
Jan 06 1999	[Berkeley] Dark matter: Faint dark halo around nearby galaxy (NGC 5907) contains weird population of dwarf stars.
Dec 22 1998	[OSU] Binary star in the Small Magellanic Cloud as gravitational lens gives hints on dark matter.