Dark Matter
New Simulation Shows Exactly What Dark Matter Would Look Like If We Could See It
A detailed simulation of dark matter finds that dark matter haloes form in a wide range of sizes.
Gamma Rays Detected Coming From the Crab Nebula
Most people with any interest in astronomy know about the Crab Nebula. It's a supernova remnant in the constellation Taurus,…
A Massive Rotating Disc Discovered in the Early Universe
If we want to understand how the Universe evolves, we have to understand how its large structures form and evolve.…
Decaying Dark Matter Should be Visible Here in the Milky Way as a Halo Around the Galaxy
Astronomers are very sure that dark matter exists, but they're not sure at all what it's made of. The problem…
Slime Mold Grows the Same as the Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Matter in the Universe is not distributed equally. It's dominated by super-clusters and the filaments of matter that string them…
Is the “D-star Hexaquark” the Dark Matter Particle?
A new paper by researchers from the University of York proposed a new candidate for Dark Matter, known as the…
Astronomers Simulated How the Universe Would Look Without Dark Matter
A team of European researchers recently simulated how a Universe without Dark Matter would have evolved, with surprising results!
Hubble Finds Teeny Tiny Clumps of Dark Matter
Using data from Hubble and the gravitational lensing technique, a team of astronomers have found definitive evidence that Dark Matter…
Dark Matter Could Be A Source of Gamma Rays Coming from the Center of the Milky Way
There's a lot of mysterious goings-on at the center of the Milky Way. The supermassive black hole that resides there…
Gravitational Wave Detectors Might be Able to Detect Dark Matter Particles Colliding With Their Mirrors
According to a new study by a team of Japanese researchers, gravitational wave detectors could be used to confirm the…