Dark Matter
The Milky Way’s History is Written in Streams of Stars
The Milky Way is ancient and massive, a collection of hundreds of billions of stars, some dating back to the…
A New Tabletop Experiment to Search for Dark Matter
What is Dark Matter? We don't know. At this stage of the game, scientists are busy trying to detect it…
The Milky Way’s Smallest, Faintest Satellite Galaxy Found
The Milky Way has many satellite galaxies, most notably the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. They're both visible to the…
Dwarf Galaxies Could be the Key to Explaining Dark Matter
If dark matter is a particle, it's possible that it could self-annihilate, becoming normal matter and releasing gamma radiation. Dwarf…
This New Map of 1.3 Million Quasars Is A Powerful Tool
Quasars are the brightest objects in the Universe. The most powerful ones are thousands of times more luminous than entire…
Colliding Neutron Stars are the Ultimate Particle Accelerators
Gamma-ray telescopes observing neutron star collisions might be the key to identifying the composition of dark matter. One leading theory…
Webb Can Directly Test One Theory for Dark Matter
What is it about galaxies and dark matter? Most, if not all galaxies are surrounded by halos of this mysterious,…
“Seeing” the Dark Matter Web That Surrounds the Coma Cluster
According to our predominant cosmological models, Dark Matter makes up the majority of mass in the Universe (roughly 85%). While…
Dark Matter Might Help Explain How Supermassive Black Holes Can Merge
Astronomers aren't sure what dark matter is, but they carefully observe to determine which models best match the data. Astronomers…
There’s Less Dark Matter at the Core of the Milky Way
Science really does keep you on your toes. First there was matter and then there were galaxies. Then those galaxies…