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A new study suggests that mysterious “dark dwarfs” could provide crucial insights into the true nature of dark matter.

Tiny red objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are offering scientists new insights into the origins of ...

A new algorithm will search images of colliding galaxy clusters for evidence of self-interacting dark matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

"These cluster collisions are the most energetic phenomena since the Big Bang." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Observing a ...

Dark matter continues to confound us, so far defying every attempt to decipher it. According to a new study, clues may lurk in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone, a vast region of hydrogen ...

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At the end of a lecture on astronomy, describing how the planets orbit the Sun, a little old lady at the back of the room stood up and said: "What you've told us is all rubbish. The world is really a ...

China has just opened the deepest and largest underground laboratory in the world. The China Jinping Underground Laboratory-II will seek to uncover the secrets of dark matter. At about 7,800 feet ...