Dark Matter
Galactic Ghosts Haunt Their Killers
The title may sound dramatic, but it is very descriptive. New observations of two galaxies have shown huge streams of…
A Case of MOND Over Dark Matter
According to Newton's Second Law of Dynamics, objects on the farthest edges of galaxies should have lower velocities than objects…
Old Galaxies Stick Together In A Young Universe
Can appearances be deceiving? According to the United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT), galaxies that appear old in our Universe's early…
Greedy Supermassive Black Holes Dislike Dark Matter
It is widely accepted that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) sit in the centre of elliptical galaxies or bulges of spiral…
That Dark Stuff, Matter and Energy
Being a very hands-on-type person, I have a hard time wrapping my brain around the concepts of dark energy and…
Record Breaking “Dark Matter Web” Structures Observed Spanning 270 Million Light Years Across
It is well documented that dark matter makes up the majority of the mass in our universe. The big problem…
Bubble Experiment Fails to Find Dark Matter
Astronomers have no idea what dark matter is, but they have a few guesses. Since they can't see the stuff…
Could the First Stars Have Been Powered by Dark Matter?
Early stars that began to form about 200 million years after the Big Bang were strange creatures. From observation, the…
Dark Matter and Dark Energy… the Same Thing?
I've said it many times, but it bears repeating: regular matter only accounts for 4% of the Universe. The other…
Large Hadron Collider Could Detect “Unparticles”
Understanding the mysterious dark matter in our universe is paramount to cosmologists. Dark matter and dark energy makes up the…