Galaxy dynamics are confronted with one of the deepest problems of modern physics: the dark matter problem. The motions of stars and gas observed exceed what can be explained by the mass visible in ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Everything in space – from the Earth and Sun to black ...

In popular science, dark matter is a hotly discussed topic. With various theories regarding its existence and interaction with regular matter, many scientists agree that these are some questions that ...

Sometimes in fantasy fiction, you don’t want to explain something that seems inexplicable, so you throw your hands up and say, “A wizard did it.” Sometimes in astronomy, instead of a wizard, the ...

A new type of self-interacting dark matter could provide solutions to three very different cosmic puzzles, new research ...

Astronomy on Tap ATX is partnering with C. L. Butaud for Astronomy Uncorked. Surrounding us and flowing through us are an unknown form of matter that we can’t see, called dark matter. Join astronomy ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University has predicted, for the first time, the groundbreaking results that can be obtained from detecting radio waves coming to us from the early Universe. The findings ...

Somewhere in the distant universe, light from a quasar bends around a galaxy and reveals a dark clump so compact it should not exist. Closer to home, a thin ribbon of stars in the Milky Way bears a ...

Will scientists ever prove the existence of dark matter? The Guardian: Stacy McGaugh, professor and chair of the Department of Astronomy, weighed in on why he believes that the current generation ...

Ask most astronomers, and they’ll tell you that dark matter and dark energy make up more than 95 percent of the universe and that they are the explanations for many of the large-scale phenomena we ...

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This distorted structure could naturally explain the puzzling gamma-ray glow long ...