Gravity can exist without mass.” It’s a statement that upends a century of astrophysical dogma and, for some, sounds as ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently zeroed in on the Bullet Cluster—delivering highly detailed images that show a ...

Webb’s new images of the Bullet Cluster reveal the most detailed dark matter map yet, shedding light on cosmic collisions and ...

Inspired by superconductivity, a strange new theory that seeks to explain dark matter might explain dark energy, too ...

Jee compared dark matter to crystal-clear water in a pond, with pebbles as the galaxies. “You cannot see the water unless ...

It is assumed that an undiscovered “fifth force” likely exists between neutrons in an atom’s nucleus and the electrons ...

But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

Dark matter, although not visible, is believed to make up most of the total mass of the universe. One theory suggests that ...

Despite decades of searching, scientists still haven’t found the elusive substance that holds galaxies together: dark matter.

With the release of its first images this month, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun a 10-year mission to help unravel ...