Dark Matter
New Measurements of Galaxy Rotation Lean Towards Modified Gravity as an Explanation for Dark Matter
Although dark matter is a central part of the standard cosmological model, it's not without its issues. There continue to…
Anti-Helium Generated in the Large Hadron Collider can Help in the Search for Dark Matter
Researchers from CERN's ALICE Collaboration have come up with a new way to search for Dark Matter: look for anti-helium-3…
If Dark Matter is Made of Axions, This Could be the Detector That Finds Them
As we've noted in plenty of other articles, science also moves forward by constraints. Understanding the limits of a physical…
Want to Learn More About Dark Matter? Send an Atomic Clock Close to the Sun
If dark matter exists in our solar system, atomic clock spacecraft might reveal its presence.
In a New Hubble Image, Dark Matter Anchors the Giant Galaxy Cluster Abell 611
Dark matter. It's secret. It's dark because it doesn't give off any light. We can't see it, taste it, touch…
Dwarf Galaxies Found Without Influence From Dark Matter
Ask astronomers about dark matter and one of the things they talk about is that this invisible, mysterious "stuff" permeates…
Astronomers Measure the Signal of Dark Matter From 12 Billion Years ago
The most distant measure of dark matter suggests the universe might have behaved differently in the past.
The World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector has Come Online
Individual contributors have become less and less prominent in scientific fields as the discipline itself has matured. Some individuals still…
Gravitational Wave Telescopes Could Detect Clumps of Dark Matter Drifting Through the Solar System
Attempts to directly detect dark matter have come up empty. A team of physicists have proposed a brand new method:…
Dark Stars: The First Stars in the Universe Could Have Been Powered by Annihilating Dark Matter
Dark matter doesn’t really do much of anything in the present-day universe. But in the early days of the cosmos…