A mathematical investigation of galactic data suggests elusive dark matter is confined to the rules of gravity.

Does dark matter follow the same laws as ordinary matter? The mystery of this invisible and hypothetical component of our ...

The century-old mystery of dark matter — the invisible glue thought to hold galaxies together — just got a modern clue.

Dark matter, the substance that makes up about 27% of the universe, could potentially be detected as a red or blue light "fingerprint," new research shows. The research is published in the journal ...

Dark matter is invisible. It's all around us. And we have no idea what it is. The universe is so much bigger than what people can see. Visible matter — which makes up the things you can see like the ...

Our common understanding of the universe tells us that all matter and energy were created at the beginning of time during a period of rapid inflation called the Big Bang. However, in 2023, Katherine ...

Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have proposed the existence of “dark dwarfs,” strange glowing objects potentially ...

At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people were buying A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. “But then … nobody was actually reading it ...

Does dark matter follow the same laws as ordinary matter? The mystery of this invisible and hypothetical component of our ...