Dark Matter

Gravitational lensing is one of the most powerful natural tools that astronomers use to peer deeper into the cosmos. Recently,...

Imagine a vast, invisible ocean of gas that surrounds every galaxy in the universe, stretching far beyond what we can...

Our universe is a vast cosmic arena where forces battle for dominance. Among the most mysterious of these forces are...

Recent research suggests that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies may already be interacting—not through their visible stars or stellar...

Is the universe as dark as it seems, or is there more light hidden beyond what our telescopes can see?...

Did the universe have a secret history before the Big Bang? This question has intrigued cosmologists for decades, and recent...

The universe is full of mysteries, and one of the biggest is how supermassive black holes formed so soon after...

For years, scientists thought dark matter interacted directly with stars to explain the similar distribution of matter in galaxies. But...

Scientists Analyze the "Lyman-Alpha Forest" to Map the Invisible Universe Dark matter—an invisible force making up over 80% of the...

The universe is full of mysteries, and one of the most perplexing has been the "final parsec problem"—a cosmic puzzle...