We may be more in the dark about dark matter than previously thought, according to a new analysis of distant galaxy clusters.

Dark matter particles could be mediators of the interaction between electrons and atomic nuclei, as shown by a study ...

The study used molecular physics to map unseen interactions, narrowing the search for dark matter.

Modern cosmology assumes dark matter exists. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is the answer—and what if we're ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma Cluster of galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the universe — and where the effect of dark ...

The largest-ever survey of physicists from around the world—released today—shows a distinct lack of consensus across many of ...

Well, around a similar time, the American Physical Society (APS) invited researchers and science enthusiasts to chime in on ...

A ghostly ring of dark matter captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Galaxies, including the one we call home, are within halos of dark matter. But what exactly dark matter is remains something of a ...

UC Santa Cruz physicist Stefano Profumo has put forward two imaginative but scientifically grounded theories that may help solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics: the origin of dark matter. In ...

Determining the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest puzzles in physics. New results from the world’s most sensitive ...

The LZ's central detector in a surface lab clean room before delivery and installation underground. Located deep underground, the LZ (Lux-Zeplin) detector takes elaborate precautions to screen out ...