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Research on dwarf galaxies suggests they cannot form in the way they do if dark matter exists in the form that the most common model requires it to.
That may mean that the Large Hadron Collider will not be able to spot it.
Leading cosmologist Carlos Frenk spoke of the "disturbing" developments at the British Science Festival in Bradford.
The current theory holds that around 4% of the Universe is made up of normal matter - the stuff of stars, planets and people - and around 21% of it is dark matter.
The remainder is made up of what is known as dark energy, an even less understood hypothetical component of the Universe that would explain its ever-increasing expansion.
Scientists' best ideas for the formation and structure of the Universe form what is called the "cosmological standard model", or lambda-CDM - which predicts elementary particles in the form of cold dark matter (CDM).
These CDM particles are believed to have formed very early in the Universe's history, around one millionth of a second after the Big Bang, and they are "cold" in the sense that they are not hypothesised to be particularly fast-moving.
The existence of the particles has not yet been proven, as they are extremely difficult to detect - they cannot be "seen" in the traditional sense, and if they exist, they interact only very rarely with the matter we know. Read More
A veteran skydiver killed himself by shedding his parachute mid-air and freefalling 8,000 to his death.
Horrified bystanders watched as Robert Raecke, 60, hurtled to the ground on Sunday afternoon, after unbuckling his parachute above a New York field.
He had left a suicide note, police said, although the reason for him wanting to kill himself remains unclear.
His body was found in a New York field in the Saratoga County town of Northumberland, 35 miles north of Albany.
Mr Raecke, who was known as Señor, had skydived more than 9,000 times before and was an instructor at Saratoga Skydiving Adventures in Northumberland.
Saratoga County Sheriff's Investigator Rick Capasso said an investigation by the sheriff’s department concluded the death was a suicide. Read More
Two blazes threatened homes in the Blue Mountains and several grass fires spread in parts of western Sydney.
Firefighters also worked to contain larger blazes in the Hunter and the state's central west. Residents in parts of the Hunter, as well as on Sydney's north shore and northern beaches, were left without power for several hours due to high winds.
Police said arson was suspected in Leura and Katoomba, with extra officers called to search for culprits.
Wind gusts of up to 80km/h hampered efforts to extinguish the main blaze, which dropped off cliffs into the Jamison Valley.
Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said the actions of arsonists were "disgraceful" and "sickening". Read More
Nine elephants were found dead with their tusks removed from the carcasses.
Five lions also died but officials said their skins were not taken, suggesting they were accidental victims of the poisoning.
The incidents are the first of their type on record and tests are being carried out to determine the nature of the chemicals used.
A spokeswoman for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Caroline Washaya Moyo, said two buffalo were also killed, as were vultures that had eaten the dead animals.
Ms Washaya Moyo said the parks authority had deployed teams in the affected game reserves to investigate the poisoning.
Zimbabwe has been battling to curb poaching, which has mainly targeted rhinoceros and elephants for their horns and tusks.
Ten rhinos have been killed in Zimbabwe by poachers so far this year.
The crime is driven by booming demand for rhino horn in Asia, where it is believed to have medicinal properties, despite ample scientific evidence to the contrary.
Conservationists have warned that rhino populations are facing their worst poaching crisis for decades, especially in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya.
In May, authorities in Kenya seized more than one tonne of ivory at Nairobi's international airport.
About 115 elephant tusks were found inside metal containers by sniffer dogs. Source
Investigators with both the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology are looking into what caused the death of the fish...which appear to be white bass or freshwater drum fish.
Game and Fish will be working to count the dead fish Tuesday afternoon. They are easily seen at the base of both sides of the pedestrian bridge.
A PC&E spokesperson says it appears all of the dead fish belong to the same species, which limits but does not eliminate the possibility that pollution or toxins are to blame for the kill.
So far PH levels and dissolved oxygen levels in the water have tested at normal levels.
We will have more information on this developing story on our evening newscasts. Source
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