Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense ...
Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, a major physics experiment has reached a critical milestone, enabling detectors to operate ...
Dark matter is some kind of substance that has gravity—it holds galaxies together—yet cannot be directly seen with any ...
(CNN) — At the center of our galaxy, there’s a mysterious, diffuse glow given off by gamma rays — powerful radiation usually emitted by high-energy objects such as rapidly rotating or exploding stars.
WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) are one of the most serious contenders for dark matter—the “missing” mass supposedly constituting 85% of our universe. Given its elusiveness, dark matter ...
Dark matter and dark energy are mysteries that have confounded scientists for decades, even though they comprise 95% of the ...
An artistic illustration of the mechanism proposed by Professor Stefano Profumo where quantum effects near the rapidly expanding cosmic horizon after the Big Bang gravitationally generate dark matter ...
A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together. The ordinary matter all around us — stars, planets ...