Dark matter makes up 85% of the stuff in the cosmos, but scientists have no idea what it is. On Dark Matter Day (Oct. 31), ...

These axions could form an explanation for the elusive dark matter that cosmologists search for -- and moreover, they might not be ... Oct. 31, 2024 — For Halloween, the European Southern ...

Scientists in Virginia are looking for mysterious dark matter - and have turned to really old rocks. The substance, which makes up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, shapes and ...

Interactions between these as-yet hypothetical particles and neutron stars' strong magnetic field would produce photons that ...

On a mountain in northern Chile, scientists are carefully assembling the intricate components of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin ...

According to physicists' best understanding of how the first objects in the universe emerged, a cosmic web of dark matter should have set the course. Dark matter is an as-yet unknown form of ...

"If axion clouds, and thereby axions, are discovered, this would be a massive step toward solving the dark matter problem." Scientists think it's possible that shrouds of hypothetical particles ...

Dark energy and dark matter refers to the unseen energy and matter components of the Universe. Dark matter is invisible, non-baryonic matter hypothesized to explain phenomena including ...

The presence of these particles, especially from the decay of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), could point toward dark matter interactions. If this breakthrough holds, it may reshape ...

We can't see dark matter, but scientists have made the largest map yet of the invisible material that helps make up the universe. Researchers used a dark energy camera and a large telescope to ...

If true, this could bring us one step closer to solving the mystery of dark matter. That's the conclusion reached by a team of researchers led by Dion Noordhuis of the University of Amsterdam ...

If true, this could bring us one step closer to solving the mystery of dark matter. That's the conclusion reached by a team of researchers led by Dion Noordhuis of the University of Amsterdam, who ...