New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Hypothetical dark matter stars known as "boson stars" could leave telltale ripples across the cosmos, offering researchers a new way to probe the invisible forces shaping the universe. In 2019, a ...

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

For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), ...

Its electronic gaze will sift through endless voids and millions of galaxies to hunt dark matter.

The sharpest dark matter map ever reveals the invisible cosmic scaffolding that built galaxies, stars, and ultimately life itself.

According to general relativity, gravity is the distortion of spacetime. Heavyweight cosmic entities like stars or galaxies ...

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

Previous observations of stars whipping around an unseen mass—especially a bright star called S2—have pointed to an object ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter, revealing the invisible framework that shaped the Universe long before stars and galaxies formed. Using powerful new observations ...

Cosmic web Created using data from the JWST, this map shows how dark matter acts as the hidden framework on which visible ...

Scientists have created the sharpest map yet of dark matter, offering new insight into the invisible force that holds galaxies together.