Only after adding a massive, invisible halo of dark matter to their computer models could the researchers reproduce what they saw in space.

Does dark matter follow the same laws as ordinary matter? The mystery of this invisible and hypothetical component of our ...

Astronomers are pulling back the curtain on two of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how planets are born and how invisible matter shapes galaxies. Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ...

Dark matter has two central properties: it has mass like regular matter, and unlike regular matter, it reacts weakly or not at all with light. Neutrinos satisfy these two criteria, but neutrinos move ...

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new way to investigate dark matter by studying faint radio waves from the Universe’s earliest era, known as the cosmic dark ages. Their research ...

Several hundred pounds of ultrapure copper recently made the journey from the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in ...

When Rutgers theoretical astrophysicist Charles Keeton first saw an unusual picture shared by his colleague, he was intrigued. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. "Have ...

A chance configuration of objects arrayed across deep space has just revealed the hiding place of a giant glob of dark matter. Configurations like these, known as Einstein crosses, typically consist ...

"Trying to lock in on dark matter's signal is like trying to hear somebody whisper in a stadium full of people." Scientists are about to unleash a powerful new weapon in the hunt for dark matter, the ...

Tohoku University researchers have found a way to make quantum sensors more sensitive by connecting superconducting qubits in ...