Post Tagged with: "Douglas Clowe"

By Michael Jaramillo ’17 B.S. Astrophysics I had the opportunity to work under the direction of Dr. Douglas Clowe. His research is on determining the dark matter distribution in galaxy clusters through weak gravitational lensing. One of my main jobs as his intern was to make sure the images of […]

For the first time, dark matter may have been observed interacting with other dark matter in a way other than through the force of gravity. Observations of colliding galaxies made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have picked up the first intriguing hints about the […]

Sky and Telescope quotes Dr. Douglas Clowe, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, in an article on “How Slippery is Dark Matter?” “Dozens of galaxy cluster collisions confirm that dark matter particles probably slip right past each other within messy cluster mergers,” writes Monica Young. “The existence of dark matter […]

Science Café presents Dr. Doug Clowe on “The Dark Side of the Universe” on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. Have you ever been curious about what the universe is made of? You’re not alone; it’s one of the biggest mysteries of science. Over […]

By Stephanie Dutchen From Perspectives Peer through a telescope and you’ll see a night sky filled with galaxies, gas and dust clouds, planets, pulsars, black holes, and ever more beautiful and strange objects. But this cosmic light show only reveals part of the picture. When you add the masses of […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy What happens to stars at the galactic center of the universe? Just how many planets exist in the Milky Way? How do stars behave around black holes? These are the kinds of questions astrophysics major Keith Hawkins pondered as he prepared to graduate from […]