Dark Matter
Scientists Have Detected an Unexplained Glow In the Dark of Deep Space
The New Horizons spacecraft sailed past Pluto to the outer edge of the Solar System and found a cosmic afterglow that scientists can't explain. What is it?
Scientists Want to Use Dark Matter 'Lenses' to Observe Far Reaches of the Universe
Dark matter lenses, which distort and amplify light from background objects, may be more abundant in galaxy clusters than expected.
A Mysterious Ancient Galaxy Just Rewrote the Universe's Timeline
A disk galaxy in the early universe, just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, somehow formed during a time of chaotic cosmic conditions.
A Weird X-Ray Signal Is Coming From Nearby Galaxies and Nobody Knows Why
For years, scientists debated whether the glow was a telltale sign of dark matter. A new study refutes that theory, but that only deepens the mystery.
A Balloon Above Antarctica Found Signals That May Lead to New Physics
A new study deepens the mystery behind two possible detections of rare cosmic particles.
These Dark Matter 'Clumps' Help Explain the Material That Makes Up Most of the Universe
The shadowy entities are about 10,000 to 100,000 times smaller than the dark matter halo of the Milky Way.
Strange Dark Matter Findings Could Rewrite the Universe's History
Scientists believe that mysterious dark matter is key to forming galaxies in the cosmos. Now, a recent series of bizarre findings threatens to undermine everything we think we know.
A Link Between Dark Matter and Antimatter Could Be Why the Universe Exists
In a new experiment, scientists probed a theory that suggests a weird interaction between two of the biggest mysteries in physics could be why our universe exists in the first place.
Scientists Are Chasing an Ancient Signal That Could Explain the Modern Universe
The faint, 12-billion-year-old signal would lead scientists to the very first stars and illuminate the origins of the modern universe, dark matter, and, well, everything.
This Tabletop Gravitational Wave Detector Could Shed Light on Dark Matter
LIGO, the observatory that detected the first gravitational wave, stretches for miles. The Levitated Sensor Detector would fit in your living room.
United Arab Emirates Says It Doesn't Hack Dissidents or Journalists
But news reports continue to suggest that ex-NSA hackers are helping the country hack and surveil its citizens.
A New Theory Unifies Dark Matter and Dark Energy as a ‘Dark Fluid’ With Negative Mass
Can one of Einstein’s forgotten theories solve the riddle of why 95 percent of the stuff in the universe appears to be missing?