"It highlights gravity's possible hidden complexity and invites a reevaluation of where dark matter effects originate." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If dark matter particles decay, then scientists could hunt for signs of this process, including X-ray or gamma-ray radiation or ...

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to anchor our galaxy, explaining both the blistering speeds of stars near the ...

A study by Dartmouth researchers proposes a new theory about the origin of dark matter, the mysterious and invisible substance thought to give the universe its shape and structure. They say the ...

New research suggests that dark matter could gather over vast periods of time at the heart of Jupiter-sized planets, creating black holes that eat these worlds from within. This striking concept may ...

At the center of our galaxy, something incredibly heavy is pulling the strings. Stars ...

For more than half a century, scientists have tried to understand dark matter—a mysterious form of matter that doesn’t emit or absorb light but is thought to make up most of the universe’s mass. Its ...

Astronomers used James Webb Space Telescope data to determine the density of the universe's most mysterious "stuff." ...

Scientists suggests that a primordial black hole's death could be behind a mystery high-energy neutrino that crashed into Earth.

Ciaran O'Hare scribbles symbols using colored markers across his whiteboard like he's trying to solve a crime—or perhaps planning one. He bounces around the edges of the board, slowly filling it with ...

After almost a year of searching, a high-tech instrument buried deep in a South Dakota cavern has turned up no sign of dark matter. Ironically, a team of physicists is pretty excited about it. After ...

Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.