Scientists have finally found 2 of the missing satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. What could this mean for astronomy?

Astronomers have discovered two new satellite galaxies in the Milky Way, and these discoveries could help us better understand dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up about 85% of…

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Physicists’ laser experiment excites the nucleus of an atom and could enable a new type of atomic clock

Laser light passing through the transparent crystal and exciting the thorium nucleus. Credit: James Terhune, Hudson Group, UCLA For nearly 50 years, physicists have dreamed of the secrets they could…

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