According to the model, dark matter may have started as particles that were hot, light, massless, and fast. As the universe ...

Astronomers have detected a mysterious dark object in the distant universe. It could be dark matter, or it could be something ...

The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is breaking new ground in the hunt for dark matter, setting unprecedented limits on WIMP particles.

Ask most astronomers, and they'll tell you that dark matter and dark energy make up more than 95 percent of the universe and that they are the explanations for many of the large-scale phenomena we ...

Of all the sciences, physics is unique in that it can come to a broad consensus with math alone—very little tactile evidence required. Never has this been the case more than with dark matter. Though ...

The story begins with the black hole information paradox. According to relativity, anything that falls into a black hole is ...

A new study argues that dark matter and dark energy might be illusions caused by the universe’s forces fading over time. For many years, scientists have thought that dark matter and dark energy make ...

According to a new Physical Review Letters study, black holes could help solve the dark matter mystery. The shadowy regions ...

85% of the mass of our universe is made up of dark matter. 85% of the mass of our universe is made up of dark matter--a type of matter that we cannot see or detect, but without it, galaxies would not ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This composite image shows the distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and hot gas in the core of ...

For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the universe. However, a new study ...