"We are able to measure the local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time." ...

New data involving millions of galaxies and luminous galactic cores is providing fresh evidence that the enigmatic and ...

However, a groundbreaking series of studies conducted as part of the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA ... and interactions with dark matter. These findings challenge the long-standing ...

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 ...

Space.com spoke to three scientists, cosmic detectives who are hot on the trail of dark matter candidates using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The question is how, even with its incredibly ...

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 ...

A team led by a member of Tokyo Metropolitan University has made advances in the search for dark matter, observing galaxies using new spectrographic technology and the Magellan Clay Telescope.

The Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey has looked at ... It provided insights into the dark matter halo of these galaxies, the spherical distribution of dark matter believed to ...

"Most of them are solitary. In this new work, we show how to effectively double the number of pulsars we can use to constrain dark matter in the galaxy by rigorously using solitary pulsars to ...