Dark Matter
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…
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…
Dark Matter Isn’t Made From Black Holes
A new study by a team of UC Berkeley researchers has shown that black holes are not the long-sought-after source…
New Video Shows Construction Beginning on the World’s Largest Telescope
A new video released by the ESO illustrates the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world's…
Carnival of Space #558
Welcome to the 558th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers,…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 487: Dark Matter: 2018 Edition
Last week, we gave you an update in particle physics. This week it’s time to see what’s new in the…
The Most Distant Star Ever Seen, Only 4.4 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently imaged the most distant star ever seen in a distant…
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…
Astronomers Find the Missing Normal Matter in the Universe, Still Looking for Dark Matter, Though
Two new studies, independently of each other, have managed to fins some of the "missing matter" contained within the Cosmic…