16
Apr
Have scientists really detected dark matter?
Researchers believe that an area high in weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, may lead to a dark matter discovery.
16
Apr
Have scientists really detected dark matter?
Researchers believe that an area high in weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, may lead to a dark matter discovery.
03
Apr
How will scientists confirm dark matter discovery?
To definitively expose dark matter, physicists must look deep beneath the Earth instead of in outer space.
18
Feb
28
Nov
Dark matter mystery may be solved soon
The experiments aimed at detecting dark matter are just starting to operate at the levels thought to be sufficient to the particles.
01
Nov
Dark matter contest enlists the masses to decode it
Dark matter, which supposedly makes up 83 percent of the known universe, has puzzled scientists for decades.
13
Aug
Why dark matter is more plentiful near the sun
With the likelihood of more dark matter around the sun, scientists hope that it means it will be easier to capture and analyze some of it in the future.
05
Jul
Dark matter filament serves as bridge between galaxy clusters
Current telescopes aren’t strong enough to detect the dark matter, but the researchers used light from background galaxies to find the celestial connection.
19
Apr
Mysterious ‘dark matter’ even weirder, astronomers say
Astronomers scanning the Milky Way said on Wednesday they were baffled when they failed to spot evidence of dark matter.
19
Jan
Newly discovered galaxy is invisible to telescopes
Astronomers can’t be sure if the newly discovered galaxy really is made almost entirely of dark matter, or if it just contains stars that are too dim to be visible.
13
May
Astronomers have no clue what’s in 96 percent of the universe
Almost all of the universe is invisible stuff called dark matter and dark energy.
