Dark matter, the elusive search: Latest discoveries and news
Latest about dark matter

By Robert Lea Published
Astronomers are closer than ever to confirming the discovery of the first starless or "failed" galaxy, packed with dark matter and gas but with virtually no stars.

By Mike Wall Published
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket early Sunday morning (Aug. 30). Here's how to watch it live.

By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
On a morning train commute, this former scientist found a stellar surprise in an old Hubble image.

By Robert Lea Published
New research suggests that if dark matter is composed of "dark photons," it would not have heated the early cosmos like scientists thought.

By Robert Lea Published
"We are very happy to have discovered as-yet-undetected phenomena in the jet."

By Jeff Spry Published
"The box is the most powerful thing ever created."

By Monisha Ravisetti Published
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Aug. 30. It'll map the entire sky like never before.

By Robert Lea Published
Two major mysteries in science, the nature of dark matter and the possible existence of higher dimensions, could be linked, new research suggests.

By Robert Lea Published
"With the launch of the ten-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, the Rubin Observatory is opening a new window on the universe."

By Robert Lea Published
New research has failed to rule out self-annihilating dark matter as the source of a hotly debated gamma-ray emission known as the Galactic Center Excess radiating from the heart of the Milky Way.
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