Dark Matter
Researchers May Have Finally Detected a Dark Matter Particle
Dark matter: it's invisible, it's elusive, it's controversial... and it's everywhere -- in the Universe, yes, but especially in the…
Space Station Detector Finds Extra Antimatter in Space, Maybe Dark Matter
The first results from the largest and most complex scientific instrument on board the International Space Station has provided tantalizing…
Milky Way Leftover Shell Stars Discovered In Galactic Halo
Like tantalizing tidbits stored in the vast recesses of one's refrigerator, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have evidence of…
Do We Really Need Dark Matter?
Hubble mosaic of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745, thought to be connected by a filament of dark matter. Credit: NASA, ESA,…
Dark Matter Halos May Contain Stars
The image on the left shows a portion of our sky, called the Boötes field, in infrared light, while the…
Hubble Studies Dark Matter Filament in 3-D
Hubble’s view of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745. The large field of view is a combination of 18 separate Hubble…
Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s Hot Halo
Artist's illustration of a hot gas halo enveloping the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds (NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; NASA/CXC/Ohio State/A.Gupta et al.) Our…
Work Begins on the World’s Largest Cosmic Ray Observatory
Caption: Lake Baikal. Credit: SeaWiFS Project NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE Construction has just begun at the Tunka Valley…
Dark Matter Filaments Bind Galaxies Together
A slim bridge of dark matter - just a hint of a larger cosmic skeleton - has been found binding…
Euclid and the Geometry of the Dark Universe
Euclid, an exciting new mission to map the geometry, distribution and evolution of dark energy and dark matter has just…