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

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe ...

Dark energy remains one of the most stubborn puzzles in modern science. Despite decades of observation and increasingly ...

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.

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

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

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

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

When it comes to understanding the universe, what we know is only a sliver of the whole picture. Dark matter and dark energy make up about 95% of the universe, leaving only 5% "ordinary matter," or ...

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