Monday, June 23, 2014

Clingy dark matter may slow the spin of corpse stars - physics-math - 23 June 2014 - New Scientist

Clingy dark matter may slow the spin of corpse stars - physics-math - 23 June 2014 - New Scientist: Their strong magnetic fields gradually slow their spin, but over the past 15 years, astronomers have noticed that many pulsars are slowing more than we would expect.

Chris Kouvaris at the University of Southern Denmark thinks a form of dark matter with a tiny electric charge may be putting on the brakes.

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