A computer simulation of stars near the centre of our galaxy offers an explanation for their mysteriously young appearance – ...

For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter—an invisible substance believed to make ...

Key TakeawaysScientists have used laser-excited thorium-229 to probe for ultralight dark matter, even without a fully built ...

Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have proposed the existence of “dark dwarfs,” strange glowing objects potentially ...

Hubble's new image of galaxy cluster Abell 209 reveals over 100 galaxies and gravitational lensing effects from dark matter ...

A dark star still shines, but it has something scientists have only theorized about it and can't prove the existence since it ...

"Dark matter could be captured by stars and accumulate inside them. If that happens, it might also interact with itself and ...

Though invisible, dark matter has a strong pull on space. Its presence bends spacetime, changing the paths of light nearby.

Celestial objects known as dark dwarfs may be hiding at the center of our galaxy and could offer key clues to uncover the ...

Their resulting machine is a quantum computer capable of reliably detecting dark matter. They can tell when it passes through ...

Scientists believe that if a nuclear clock is developed – one that uses the atomic nucleus to measure time with extreme precision – even the tiniest irregularities in its ticking could reveal dark ...

In a chilled lab where temperatures drop close to absolute zero, a speck of magnet hovers in place. This tiny magnet, ...