"We believe that the universe on very large scales is made of a network-like distribution of galaxies, gas and dark matter," ...

Because dark matter is completely invisible to light, science had to look for clever new methods to spot it.

A scientist analyzing Fermi telescope data found a strange glow around the Milky Way that looks like it could be coming from ...

Scientists have detected an unusual gamma-ray halo around our Milky Way galaxy. This signal, observed by NASA's Fermi telescope, has a specific energy ...

For the first time, astronomers say they may have caught dark matter in the act, not through its gravitational pull but by ...

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a glimpse of it. A University of Tokyo researcher analyzing ...

Dark matter and its impact on cosmology have puzzled physicists for nearly a century. At Perimeter Institute, two researchers ...

After nearly a century of chasing a shadow, physicists are staring at a new signal that looks uncannily like the long‑sought fingerprint of dark matter. The claim is bold: for the first time, a ...

An incredibly rare discovery was made by Japan scientists at the university of Tokyo. The research team suspect that they ...

A team of astronomers say they've made the first ever detection of dark matter by examining gamma rays near the center of the Milky Way.

Gamma-ray halo at the Milky Way’s center matches predictions of dark-matter models The data, collected by NASA, shows an extended halo-shaped emission at around 20 gigaelectronvolts. For illustrative ...