Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not ...
NGC 1052-DF2, the first of the three galaxies, opened a can of worms no one expected. (NASA, ESA, and P. van Dokkum/Yale University) Most of the mass in galaxies consists of stuff we cannot see.
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Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, 'echo map' technique suggests
A technique called echo mapping suggests supermassive black holes, like that at the heart of the Milky Way, are surrounded by clusters of dark matter.
A team of international astronomers has uncovered an unusual Einstein Cross, showing five points of light instead of the usual four. This rare cosmic alignment, linked to a recent study published in ...
After decades of hunting, physicists still don’t know what makes up most of the universe’s matter. Now they need to cast a wider net.
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter - the invisible stuff thought to make up more than a quarter of the cosmos - as they study a ...
New research has failed to rule out self-annihilating dark matter as the source of a gamma-ray emission radiating from the ...
Modern cosmology assumes dark matter exists. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is the answer—and what if we're wrong? Reading time 8 minutes A huge chunk of the universe is missing. It’s ...
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