Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

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

A group of US astronomers may have uncovered the first evidence for a dark matter sub-halo lurking just beyond our stellar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have produced one of the most detailed maps to date of dark matter (Dr ...

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

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Can we generate a way to interact with dark ...

Researchers may have identified what could be a compelling clue in the ongoing hunt to prove the existence of dark matter. A mysterious diffuse glow of gamma rays near the center of the Milky Way has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spiral galaxies, like Messier 77 shown here, helped astronomers learn about the existence of dark matter. NASA, ESA & A. van der ...

A NASA telescope may have detected evidence of dark matter, enabling it to be “‘seen” for the first time. Since dark matter was conceptualized nearly 100 years ago by Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky, ...

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 ...