Dark Matter
Maybe Dark Matter is Warm, Not Cold
A new study by an international team of scientists considers the possibility that dark matter might be "warm" instead of…
Is Dark Matter Made of Axions? Black Holes May Reveal the Answer
What is dark matter made of? It's one of the most perplexing questions of modern astronomy. We know that dark…
Now We Know That Dark Matter Isn’t Primordial Black Holes
A new study by an international team of scientists has tested Hawking's theory of dark matter, and ruled out that…
Massive Photons Could Explain Dark Matter, But Don’t
I’ll be the first to admit that we don’t understand dark matter. We do know for sure that something funny…
Meet WFIRST, The Space Telescope with the Power of 100 Hubbles
WFIRST ain't your grandma's space telescope. Despite having the same size mirror as the surprisingly reliable Hubble Space Telescope, clocking…
Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter
Exotic dark matter theories. Gravitational waves. Observatories in space. Giant black holes. Colliding galaxies. Lasers. If you're a fan of…
Hubble Finds a Galaxy with Almost no Dark Matter
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and other ground-based observatories, a team of astronomers have found a galaxy that…
The First Results From The IllustrisTNG Simulation Of The Universe Has Been Completed, Showing How Our Cosmos Evolved From The Big Bang
The IllustrusTNG Project has created a large and detailed simulation of the Universe. It's helping us answer some important questions…
Space Station-Based Experiment Might Have Found Evidence of Dark Matter Destroying Itself
Two studies conducted independently of each other (using data obtained aboard the ISS) have provided a possible glimpse of dark…
Researchers Image Dark Matter Bridge Between Galaxies
Astronomers at the University of Waterloo have given us the first image of a dark matter filament bridge between two…