Latest about dark matter
Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy
Clumps of dark matter reveal their presence by distorting the shapes of more distant galaxies, just like waves on the surface of a swimming pool distort the pattern of tiles on the bottom.
Across the universe, dark matter annihilation could be warming up dead stars
Neutron stars could act as gravitational traps for dark matter, forcing these mysterious particles to collide, annihilate and warm up otherwise cold dead stars.
Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy
Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.
Exotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itself
The unexplained mass of a remarkably massive galaxy suggests that dark matter interacts with itself, according to new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects
Don't rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe's most mysterious stuff.
Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results
The new BREAD experiment, which was designed to search the cosmos for mysterious dark matter, has returned its first results.
Largest 3D map of our universe could hint that dark energy evolves with time
Our leading model of the universe assumes dark energy to be constant across the universe and throughout time. Emerging evidence suggests that may not be the case.
The world's largest digital camera is ready to investigate the dark universe
The 3,200-megapixel LSST camera, build for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is completed. It will create "the greatest movie of all time" to crack the mystery of dark energy.
