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

In popular science, dark matter is a hotly discussed topic. With various theories regarding its existence and interaction with regular matter, many scientists agree that these are some questions that ...

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

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, the invisible stuff that scientists believe makes up around 85 percent of the mass in the universe, remains one of science’s biggest mysteries. As far as anyone has been able to establish ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This composite image shows the distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and hot gas in the core of ...

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 ...

The Bullet Cluster as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) consists of a larger cluster of galaxies (left) and a smaller cluster (right). The hot gas seen by the Chandra X-ray Observatory is ...

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