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Ethan SiegelinStarts With A Bang!Arguments against dark matter in the Bullet Cluster fall apartThe Bullet Cluster has, for nearly 20 years, been hailed as an empirical “proof” of dark matter. Can their detractors explain it away?Jul 162
Avi LoebWhere Will Voyager Be in a Billion Years?Last month I asked my brilliant undergraduate student at Harvard, Shokhruz Kakharov: “Where will the Voyager spacecraft be in a billion…Jun 138
Avi LoebHarmony of the Heavens Brought Down to EarthMy office was packed to its full capacity during today’s meeting of my research group. Since the Galileo Project’s observatory images the…16h ago
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