The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer project is being jointly run by scientists from 16 countries, under the leadership of Prof.

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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) has taken 17 years to prepare for launch.

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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer can observe electron and positrons that emerge from possible dark matter "annihilations" in the Milky Way.

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The RHIC data here will assist the mission of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which will be delivered to the International Space Station on Friday.

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We've been waiting with bated breath all afternoon to find out what NASA, MIT and the Department of Energy has observed with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

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Until the launch of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment in 2011, scientists had compiled a mere anthill of information about the kinds of charged particles, or cosmic rays, that shoot around the universe.

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The tease comes from the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science, and relates to results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (an instrument mounted on the ISS) that are soon to be published.

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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer was designed to search for dark matter by collecting high energy radiation known as cosmic rays, and then sort through it looking for a certain class of particle believed to be created after two bits of dark matter collide in space and destroy each other.

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