Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe ...

The most difficult thing about learning the dark energy is that the dark matter does not present itself directly; it only ...

"These results from the Dark Energy Survey shine new light on our understanding of the universe and its expansion." ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope was used to create the largest, highest resolution map of dark matter, just published in Nature Astronomy.

Dark energy remains one of the most stubborn puzzles in modern science. Despite decades of observation and increasingly ...

The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration collected information on hundreds of millions of galaxies across the universe using the ...

“As a result, for the past four decades, most researchers have believed that dark matter must be cold when it is born in the ...

For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the universe, however, a new study suggests they might not exist at all. Instead, what we perceive as dark ...

A new simulation tool lets scientists explore whether self-interacting dark matter could reshape galaxies from the inside out ...

Dark matter is a real pain in the neck. The term dark matter itself refers to a hypothetical substance that seems to solely interact with the rest of the universe via gravity and to serve as the ...

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