A new study suggests the Milky Way’s gamma-ray glow could be a dark matter signal shaped by ancient galactic mergers.

Could the Milky Way’s most enigmatic light be the death cry of invisible matter? For over a decade, an explanation has eluded ...

Only after adding a massive, invisible halo of dark matter to their computer models could the researchers reproduce what they saw in space.

A recent astronomical observation has sparked intrigue in the scientific community. A faint glow detected in the Milky Way could potentially be a footprint of dark matter, a mysterious cosmic ...

Researchers have believed that Segue 1, a puny galaxy orbiting the Milky Way just 75,000 light-years away, was packed with dark matter, a substance in space that doesn't shine or interact with light.

Despite it’s comparative size to our star, it’s still the least massive object ever detected using gravitational lensing.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A dark matter halo with a galaxy at its heart. It's possible, however, that not all dark matter ...

A strange gamma-ray glow emanating from the heart of the Milky Way could be the long-sought fingerprint of dark matter ...

Physicists chilled a sugar crystals then used them to search for dark matter. This new project is called SWEET.

Astronomers are pulling back the curtain on two of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how planets are born and how invisible matter shapes galaxies. Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ...

"A starless or 'dark' dark matter halo would have no galaxy at its center." For some time, scientists have pondered a peculiar question: Can galaxies exist without an outer halo of dark matter? But ...