Dark Matter
IceCube Just Spent 10 Years Searching for Dark Matter
Neutrinos are tricky little blighters that are hard to observe. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica was built to detect…
Using Jupiter as a Dark Matter Detector
The nature of dark matter has been a hotly debated topic for decades. If it’s a heavy, slow moving particle…
Could Primordial Black Holes Be Hiding in Plain Sight?
Are Primordial Black Holes real? They could've formed in the unusual physics that dominated the Universe shortly after the Big…
A Nearby Supernova Could Finally Reveal Dark Matter
Despite 90 years of research, the nature and influence of Dark Matter continue to elude astronomers and cosmologists. First proposed…
Axion Dark Matter May Make Spacetime Ring
Dark matter made out of axions may have the power to make space-time ring like a bell, but only if…
Detecting Primordial Black Hole Mergers Might be Within Our Grasp
One explanation for dark matter is that it's made out of primordial black holes, formed in the earliest moments of…
Neutron Stars May be Shrouded in Extremely Light Particles Called Axions
Since the 1960s, astronomers have theorized that the Universe may be filled with a mysterious mass that only interacts with…
Dark Matter Has a Firm Grip on These Galaxies
The elliptical galaxy NGC 1270 lies about 240 million light-years away. But it's not alone. It's part of the Perseus…
Dark Matter Could a Have Slight Interaction With Regular Matter
Dark matter seems to be an invisible particle that only interacts with regular matter (or itself) through gravity. But in…
Could We Find Primordial Black Holes in the Solar System?
One possible explanation for dark matter is primordial black holes. These are lower-mass black holes formed in the first moments…