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It's one thing when a respected scientist has a novel idea of what dark matter or dark energy might be, or what could explain ...

Dark matter is one of the biggest puzzles in science. Although it makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, it has never been directly observed. You can’t see it, touch it, or hold it ...

Exoplanets might hold hidden clues about dark matter. New research suggests these distant worlds could even collapse into black holes, challenging existing theories. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

An infrared view of Ganymede, captured by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF ...

More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and consider the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Now, a UC Riverside ...

The mysterious substance called dark matter is intrinsically invisible. It cannot be directly observed—rather, its presence is inferred by its gravitational influence on the universe, such as binding ...

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede could be a vast dark matter detector, and upcoming space missions might be able to spot distinctive dark matter craters on its ancient surface. Physicists searching for dark ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This composite image shows the distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and hot gas in the core of ...

We have not been able to detect dark matter yet, even though there are many aspects of the universe that suggest the existence of invisible matter. In one new theory, it is possible that dark matter ...

UC Santa Cruz physicist Stefano Profumo has put forward two imaginative but scientifically grounded theories that may help solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics: the origin of dark matter. In ...