Dark Matter
A Massive Galaxy With Almost No Dark Matter
Astronomers have found a massive galaxy that contains little to no Dark Matter, something that doesn't fit with current cosmological…
ESA's Euclid Mission is Off to Explore the Dark Universe
The Euclid space telescope, the ESA's next-generation astrophysics mission, was successfully launched to space!
Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Pin Down Dark Matter
Gravitational astronomy is a relatively new discipline that has opened many doors for astronomers to understand how the huge and…
Dark Matter Might Interact in a Totally Unexpected Way With the Universe
A new theory of Dark Matter suggests that it interact with normal matter in a non-localized way, potentially revolutionizing our…
The Evidence is Building that Dark Matter is Made of Axions
There's some potentially big news on the hunt for dark matter. Astronomers may have a handle on what makes this…
This Star Might be Orbiting a Strange “Boson Star”
A team of astronomers has claimed that observations of a sun-like star orbiting a small black hole might actually be…
Dark Matter Can Make Dark Atoms
A team of theoretical astrophysicists have studied in detail a hypothetical form of dark matter that combines to form dark…
Gravitational Lensing is Helping to Nail Down Dark Matter
Using gravitational lenses, a team of astronomers showed how axions could be the particle that makes up Dark Matter.
We Might be able to Find Evidence for Modified Gravity…in the Earth
Testing the possibility of models of gravity different from general relativity may be closer to home than we think. A…
Astronomers Go Hunting for Mysterious Q-balls
Our universe may feature large, macroscopic clumps of dark matter, known as q-balls. These q-balls would be absolutely invisible, but…