Matter

Dark matter solves the mystery of how supermassive black holes exist: ScienceAlert

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Dark matter can provide supermassive black holes the brakes they need to bring them crashing together at the end of a long spiraling journey to their fate. According to new mathematical modeling, a puzzle known as the finite parsec problem can be solved by the presence of self-interacting dark matter particles that remain clustered around … Read more

Or Hen: Getting to the Core of Matter

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Occasionally, Ose Hen, who recently took over as an associate professor of physics at MIT, will refer to a file he’s kept since high school. The file is a comprehensive assessment of Hen’s learning disabilities stemming from dysgraphia – a neurological condition in which one has difficulty translating their thoughts into written form. Hen was … Read more