Dark matter refers to a concept in physics and cosmology, which is a type of matter that doesn't emit, absorb, or reflect light. These qualities make it invisible to current telescopes and detectors, ...

Four-telescope astronomical observatory is at the heart of the first space exploration to be led by the country ...

NGC 1052-DF2, the first of the three galaxies, opened a can of worms no one expected. (NASA, ESA, and P. van Dokkum/Yale ...

The universe is comprised of a large amount of invisible matter, dark matter. It fills the space between the galaxies and between the stars in the galaxies. Since the prediction of the existence of ...

Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have proposed the existence of “dark dwarfs,” strange glowing objects potentially ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way's core, ...

A blip of light in the outer reaches of the Milky Way might be a bizarre black hole born at the beginning of time itself—and the long-sought solution to the mystery of dark matter. Astronomers are ...

Dark Matter How do we know that dark matter isn't just normal matter exhibiting strange gravity? A new observation of gravitationally magnified faint galaxies far in the distance behind a massive ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way’s core, ...