The new research suggests an alternative origin. Dark matter could have instead been born extremely hot, opening up ...

Dark matter, the invisible substance that shapes the Universe, may have had a far more dramatic beginning than scientists once believed.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Université Paris-Saclay have reopened one of cosmology’s oldest ...

A NASA team using the Hubble Space Telescope found an object in space never recorded before, nicknamed “Cloud-9." ...

Hubble has revealed a strange cosmic object called Cloud-9, a dark matter–dominated cloud with no stars at all. Scientists ...

We could go out with a crunch, and not a bang. Contrary to popular belief, our universe may not be constantly expanding after all. A groundbreaking study by South Korean researchers suggests that dark ...

Blake Crouch's sci-fi series on Apple TV, "Dark Matter," won over critics and viewers in equal measure with its first season in 2024, currently scoring 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. The creator adapted the ...

In a new study, people with higher levels of theobromine (a compound found in dark chocolate) in their blood had a biological age that was lower than their chronological age. This could be thanks to ...

A puzzling ultraviolet light seen across the Milky Way could come from the destruction of nuggets of dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up around a quarter of the matter and energy in the ...

Australian researchers have played a central role in a landmark result from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment in South Dakota—the world's most sensitive dark matter detector. Today, scientists working on ...

For decades, scientists have searched for dark matter to explain what they observe in the universe. Despite massive detectors, underground labs, and space missions, no direct evidence has been found.

The universe is packed with riddles, but few are as stubborn or as fascinating as dark matter. First proposed in 1933 by astronomer Fritz Zwicky, this elusive substance refuses to play by the rules: ...