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Dark Matter Has a Firm Grip on These Galaxies
The elliptical galaxy NGC 1270 lies about 240 million light-years away. But it's not alone. It's part of the Perseus…
Evidence of Dark Matter Interacting With Itself in El Gordo Merger
The Standard Model of particle physics does a good job of explaining the interactions between matter's basic building blocks. But…
The Milky Way’s History is Written in Streams of Stars
The Milky Way is ancient and massive, a collection of hundreds of billions of stars, some dating back to the…
The Milky Way’s Smallest, Faintest Satellite Galaxy Found
The Milky Way has many satellite galaxies, most notably the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. They're both visible to the…
There Aren’t Many Galaxies Like The Milky Way Nearby. Now We Know Why
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, maybe even a grand design spiral galaxy. We can't be sure from…
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…
“Early Dark Energy” Could Explain the Crisis in Cosmology
A new study considers how the presence of Early Dark Energy could help resolve one of the biggest cosmological mysteries…
Finally, an Explanation for the Cold Spot in the Cosmic Microwave Background
A new study by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) has confirmed the existence of a Supervoid, which could explain how…
A Particle Physics Experiment Might Have Directly Observed Dark Energy
In a new study, a team of researchers proposed that Dark Matter detectors could also search for the elusive force…
Cosmic Dawn Holds the Answers to Many of Astronomy’s Greatest Questions
A new study takes a look at what astronomers will be able to see when the Cosmic Dawn becomes observable…