Dark Matter
Intriguing X-Ray Signal Might be Dark Matter Candidate
Could a strange X-ray signal coming from the Perseus galaxy cluster be a hint of the elusive dark matter in…
Unprecedented Images of the Intergalactic Medium
An international team of astronomers has taken unprecedented images of intergalactic space — the diffuse and often invisible gas that…
How Giant Galaxies Bind The Milky Way’s Neighborhood With Gravity
Is it stretching it too far to think of a Lord of the Rings-esque "Entmoot" when reading the phrase "Council…
‘Cosmic Flashlight’ Makes Gas Glow Like A Fluorescent Light Bulb
Funny how a single quasar can illuminate -- literally and figuratively -- some of the mysteries of the universe. From…
New Online Classes to Help You Learn More about the Universe
Roughly eighty percent of all the mass in the Universe is made of dark matter – a mysterious invisible substance…
New Project Aims To Improve Galaxy Simulation — And Help Us Understand More About The Universe
Galaxy modelling is complicated, and even more so when different computer models don't agree on how the factors come together.…
New Dark Matter Detector Draws A Blank In First Test Round
We keep saying dark matter is so very hard to find. Astronomers say they can see its effects -- such…
Astronomers Map Dark Matter Throughout the Entire Universe
Warped visions of the cosmic microwave background - the earliest detectable light - allow astronomers to map the total amount…
An “Elemental” Explanation of Dark Matter
Atoms, string theory, dark matter, dark energy... there's an awful lot about the Universe that might make sense on paper…
Where Is Dark Matter Most Dense? Subaru Telescope Gets Some Hints
Put another checkmark beside the "cold dark matter" theory. New observations by Japan's Subaru Telescope are helping astronomers get a…