"All the odd shapes and swirling gas observed in the Perseus cluster now make sense within the context of a major merger." ...

The physics & astronomy professor joins an international team in detecting solar neutrinos, advancing search for elusive dark ...

Dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up a significant portion of the universe, continues to puzzle scientists. For ...

Scientists may be just 15 years away from finally detecting dark matter thanks to a new kind of detector that acts like a ...

But in a new study, published in Physical Review Letters, we show that both could be linked to one of the most elusive ingredients in the universe: dark matter. In particular, we propose that a ...

Dark matter is a hypothetical substance that outweighs regular matter – which makes stars, planets, and everything we can see ...

Mysterious Phenomenon at Center of Galaxy Could Reveal New Kind of Dark Matter Mar. 10, 2025 — A mysterious phenomenon at the center of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark ...

"A starless or 'dark' dark matter halo would have no galaxy at its center." For some time, scientists have pondered a peculiar question: Can galaxies exist without an outer halo of dark matter?

But in a new study, published in Physical Review Letters, we show that both could be linked to one of the most elusive ingredients in the universe: dark matter. In particular, we propose that a ...

A dark matter halo with a galaxy at its heart. It's possible, however, that not all dark matter haloes could packed with stellar fillings. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) For some time ...