Welcome to the kingdom of the dark. We do not understand what dark matter is, but we know that it exists. The evidence goes all the way back to the 1930s and the efforts of pioneering astronomer ...

Evidence suggests that we are suspended in a cosmic sea of dark matter, a mysterious substance that shapes galaxies and large structures in the universe but is transparent to photons, the carriers ...

The rest of the universe appears to be made of a mysterious, invisible substance called dark matter (25 percent) and a force that repels gravity known as dark energy (70 percent). Scientists have ...

Mysterious Phenomenon at Center of Galaxy Could Reveal New Kind of Dark Matter Mar. 10, 2025 — A mysterious phenomenon at the center of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark ...

When dark matter particles enter planets, they are subject to scattering, capture, and annihilation. When they scatter—or collide—they impart kinetic energy into the planetary particles, which ...

There's a new twist in the hunt for dark matter, the invisible substance believed to make up 85 percent of all the mass in the universe: it may actually be way lighter. In a study published in the ...

Scientists are preparing to launch a dark matter detector into space. This project aims to understand this mysterious phenomenon and explore its nature. Will researchers achieve a breakthrough?

a European mission studying dark matter and dark energy, are spectacularly beautiful—and scientifically promising ...

We can't see dark matter, but scientists have made the largest map yet of the invisible material that helps make up the universe. Researchers used a dark energy camera and a large telescope to ...