New research from Johns Hopkins University and an international team of scientists suggests that two competing theories for the diffuse glow near the center of the Milky Way—colliding dark matter ...

Communist China’s move to restrict exports of valuable rare earth minerals has reignited the Trump administration’s trade war with that country, as President Trump Friday announced 100 percent tariffs ...

China unveiled more expansive export restrictions for its rare earth supply chain on Thursday, just weeks before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to meet. It’s a ...

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable objects—suggesting that dark matter had a hand in its formation. According to Einstein’s ...

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A strange “Einstein Cross” with an extra, impossible fifth image has revealed the hidden presence of a massive dark matter halo. An international team of astronomers, including Rutgers scientists, ...

When Rutgers theoretical astrophysicist Charles Keeton first saw an unusual picture shared by his colleague, he was intrigued. "Have you ever seen an Einstein Cross with an image in the middle?" his ...

Inside the real estate scam that tore through a tight-knit immigrant community in New York. The house on 36th Avenue in Astoria, Queens, is currently for sale for $2.5 million.Credit...Thea Traff for ...

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An international team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic rarity: an ultra-massive white dwarf star resulting from a white dwarf merging with another star, rather than through the evolution of a ...