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

"These results from the Dark Energy Survey shine new light on our understanding of the universe and its expansion." ...

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold ...

High-resolution images may help scientists understand the ‘gravitational scaffolding into which everything else falls and is ...

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

“As a result, for the past four decades, most researchers have believed that dark matter must be cold when it is born in the ...

Dark stars powered by dark matter may explain bright galaxies, massive black holes, and mysterious red objects in the early universe.

The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration collected information on hundreds of millions of galaxies across the universe using the ...

For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the universe, however, a new study suggests they might not exist at all. Instead, what we perceive as dark ...

A new simulation tool lets scientists explore whether self-interacting dark matter could reshape galaxies from the inside out ...

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Dark matter is a real pain in the neck. The term dark matter itself refers to a hypothetical substance that seems to solely interact with the rest of the universe via gravity and to serve as the ...