Dark Matter
How did Supermassive Black Holes Form? Collapsing Dark Matter Halos can Explain Them
We don't quite understand how the first supermassive black holes formed so quickly in the young universe. So a team…
The Milky Way’s Central bar Spin-Rate is Slowing Down Thanks to Dark Matter
If it were't for an enormous halo of dark matter enveloping our galaxy, the spin-rate of our central bar should…
Dark Energy Survey is out. 29 Papers Covering 226 Million Galaxies Across 7 Billion Light-Years of Space
Cosmology is now stranger to large scale surveys. The discipline prides itself on data collection, and when the data it…
A Dark Matter map of our Local Cosmic Neighborhood
A new simulation by a team of astrophysicists has resulted in the most detailed 3D map of the cosmic web,…
New All-Sky Map of the Milky Way’s Galactic Halo
The outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy are a different place. Stars are much harder to come by, with…
Jupiter Could Make an Ideal Dark Matter Detector
So, you want to find dark matter, but you don't know where to look? A giant planet might be exactly…
Is Dark Matter Responsible for Extra Gamma Rays Coming From the Center of the Milky Way?
For years astronomers have puzzled over a strange excess of gamma rays coming from the galactic center. Annihilating dark matter…
Did Supermassive Black Holes Form Directly From Dark Matter?
Supermassive black holes are just a little bit too supermassive - astronomers have difficulty explaining how they got so big…
An Exotic Explanation for the Most Extreme Gravitational Wave Detected so far
A new study proposes an exotic boson star to explain the largest gravitational wave merger we've observed.
A New Technique to Find Cold Gas Streams That Might Make up the Missing (Normal) Matter in the Universe
Where is all the missing matter? That question has plagued astronomers for decades, because the Universe looks emptier than it…