Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope was used to create the largest, highest resolution map of dark matter, just ...

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

Astronomers have created the most precise dark matter map ever made using data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The map ...

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Astronomers realized that a strange cloud of gas was actually a relic of the ancient universe which might help solve some of space's greatest mysteries.

Seeing is not believing when it comes to dark matter. Scientists have blown stargazers’ collective minds after discovering a massive dark object in space that’s completely invisible to the naked eye, ...

In the vast universe, galaxies rotate in ways that don’t make sense if only visible matter is considered. For almost a century, scientists have tried to explain this by searching for a hidden force ...

A strange “Einstein Cross” with an extra, impossible fifth image has revealed the hidden presence of a massive dark matter halo. An international team of astronomers, including Rutgers scientists, ...

Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint, low-mass object in the distant cosmos, raising suspicion that it could be made up of dark matter, the elusive substance that makes up nearly 30% of the ...

After nearly a century of experts theorizing and searching for the universe’s most elusive component, a Japanese astronomer believes he has finally captured the first direct glimpse of dark matter, a ...

WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) are one of the most serious contenders for dark matter—the “missing” mass supposedly constituting 85% of our universe. Given its elusiveness, dark matter ...