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Physicists Searching For Elusive Dark Matter Say They Know Where to Look Next

Sometimes, no news actually is good news.

By Kiona Smith
Spoilers!

'Dark Matter's Ending Clearly Begs For a World Beyond The Book

The Dessens story has taken a turn. But what about the other multiverse travelers?

By Ryan Britt
Reel Science

Apple’s ‘Dark Matter’ Should Change the Way We All Think About The Multiverse

The science behind ‘Dark Matter’ is deep — and a bit disturbing.

By Kiona Smith
Space

Is Dark Matter Real? Inside the Theories That Leave This Mysterious Phenomenon Out

Is there more to the universe than meets the eye, or are the rules different than we thought? (Spoiler alert: it's probably the first one.)

By Kiona Smith
Science

Exploding Stars Made of Dark Matter Could Finally Confirm a 47-Year-Old Hypothesis

The energy released from one such explosion would rival that of a supernova.

By The Conversation and Andreea Font
Science

Look: Ghostly, mysterious galaxies help unlock the secrets of dark matter

These "failed Milky Ways" explain weird galaxy births.

By Jennifer Walter
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Look: JWST captures a galaxy cluster that could solve a dark matter mystery

By Jennifer Walter
Into the dark

Dark matter: How the Webb telescope can help solve a cosmic mystery

It will have an important role to play.

By John Kelvey
got you!

Scientists may have found a strange way to detect dark matter collisions

The shockwave caused by the collision would break the sound barrier.

By Passant Rabie
Science

Does dark matter exist? A provocative theory proposes a new rule of gravity

Time to go back to Newton.

By Indranil Banik and The Conversation
Dark Matter

A new twist on dark matter is challenging our understanding of the cosmic mystery

Scientists used a new set of data to disprove the dark matter signal detected by the DAMA experiment.

By Passant Rabie
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These torn bits of small galaxies could reveal dark matter mysteries

A dozen groups of moving stars could point the way.

By Passant Rabie
Science

Astronomers just made a dark matter discovery in a nearby dwarf galaxy

The searches turned up empty, but they weren’t a failure.

By PAUL M. SUTTER and Universe Today
Science

A Second Big Bang May Have Flooded the Universe With Dark Matter

The Big Bang may have not been alone.

By PAUL M. SUTTER and Universe Today
the missing piece

What is dark matter? The most mysterious force of the universe explained

Can we ever find the missing force of the cosmos?

By Passant Rabie
Space

ESA's Dark Matter Mission Just Hit a Critical Step to Begin Its Hunt

Euclid is designed to shine a spotlight on the dark universe.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

Dark matter may be hiding deep inside distant exoplanets

Abnormally warm exoplanets could be a sign of elusive physics happening deep below.

By Brian Koberlein
space

Dead Stars Could Hold the Secrets of Dark Matter

If you want to find something that's invisible except for its gravitational effects, look down the steepest gravity wells in the universe.

By Kiona Smith
Science

Massive new physics project could finally find dark matter

Dark matter is an archetype of a missing phenomenon, but there are plenty of potential explanations for it.

By Andy Tomaswick and Universe Today
Science

These galaxies have no dark matter — and astronomers may finally know why

A galaxy 65 million light years away holds secrets to an ancient traffic jam, which may have kicked out dark matter in the process.

By Charles Q. Choi
Science

How a Dune-inspired spacecraft could finally reveal what dark matter is made of

This nimble satellite will try to track down one of the most elusive and mysterious substances in the universe: dark matter.

By The Conversation and Andreea Font
Science

Scientists could use a meteor-hunting technique to uncover dark matter

Do look up.

By Allen Versfeld and Universe Today
Science

In the search for dark matter, an unexpected tool may give scientists hope

And it’s not from the world of science...

By Antonis Antoniou and The Conversation
disappearing act

A strange galaxy has no dark matter, and astronomers aren't sure why

The latest findings add to the mystery of the already elusive dark matter.

By Passant Rabie
Science

Dark matter fueled the first stars in the universe — new study

Dark matter is incredibly boring, but maybe that wasn’t always the case

By PAUL M. SUTTER and Universe Today
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Dark matter study challenges scientists' models of the universe

For cosmology, it may be back to the drawing board.

By Passant Rabie
Space

Physicists Confirm A Long-Held Belief About Dark Energy Using Unique Supernova

Astronomers just found the most solid evidence yet that dark energy is constant throughout the cosmos, unchanging with space or time.

By Rahul Rao
space

New Map of Dark Matter Could Finally Solve a Cosmic Mystery

The team mapped the distribution of dark matter along a straight line through space at a higher resolution than ever before, and it may help us close in on what dark matter actually is.

By Kiona Smith
Space

Astronomers May Have Found Ancient Stars Formed from Dark Matter

First stars, is that you?

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

Physicists May Be Tantalizingly Close to Identifying What Dark Matter is Made Of

There’s some potentially big news on the hunt for dark matter.

By CAROLYN COLLINS PETERSEN and Universe Today