The galaxy Messier 33, according to competing models of the universe (left), with a dark matter halo (right) without a bubble of this mysterious "stuff.". | Credit: ESO/S. Brunier New research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gravitational lenses — natural cosmic magnifying glasses predicted by Einstein — are helping scientists hone in on the nature of ...

The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming ...

Dark Matter: The Universe’s Invisible Dominator Anyone passionate about astrophysics or cosmology knows that, for several ...

For decades, astronomers have treated dark matter as the invisible scaffolding of the cosmos, a mysterious substance that outweighs normal matter and shapes galaxies. A new wave of research is now ...

A new theory for the origins of dark matter suggests that fast-moving, neutrino-like dark particles could have decoupled from Standard Model particles far earlier than previous theories had suggested.

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Using the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, scientists may have detected the first direct evidence of dark matter, in the form of a rare ...

A study by Dartmouth researchers proposes a new theory about the origin of dark matter, the mysterious and invisible substance thought to give the universe its shape and structure. The researchers ...

A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside, reports tiny satellite galaxies of the Milky Way can be used to test fundamental properties of “dark matter” — nonluminous ...