Tag: colliding

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with SUV in Mesa

A motorcyclist died Friday night after a crash, according to the Mesa Police Department. The man was identified by police as 23-year-old Alex Calderon. At about 9:50 p.m. Friday night, Mesa police responded to a crash at Sycamore and Southern involving a motorcycle and a Mazda SUV, according to officers. When officers arrived at the […]

Colliding neutron stars hint at new physics that could explain dark matter

The collision of two neutron stars around 130 million light-years from Earth, and the unique physics this merger created, may have shed new light on dark matter. New research conducted by Washington University physicist Bhupal Dev suggests the neutron star merger, detected here on Earth as the gravitational wave signal GW170817, could help place constraints […]

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with turning vehicle in Murray

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4) — A motorcyclist died Tuesday night after colliding with a left-turning vehicle in a Murray intersection. Kristin Reardon, a spokesperson for Murray police, said the crash happened around 6:40 p.m. at 5900 South and State Street. The motorcyclist was traveling south on State Street when a northbound vehicle turning left struck him […]

Hubble Space Telescope sees colliding galaxies aglow with stars

Star formation is in business in a pair of merging galaxies recently photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. The spiral galaxies UGC 05028 and UGC 05029 — collectively known as Arp 300 — are in the process of merging. Otherwise known as interacting, or colliding, galaxies, the smaller galaxy (UGC 05028) has been tugged and […]