For decades, scientists have speculated about the existence of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the universe’s mass. Now, thanks to groundbreaking research using NASA’s Fermi ...

Because dark matter is completely invisible to light, science had to look for clever new methods to spot it.

Dark dwarfs could be lurking out in the cosmos, according to a new study. These hypothetical, effectively eternal bodies would be powered by dark matter annihilation, and though dim, there is a way we ...

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, reflect or absorb light, yet is estimated to account for most of ...

“If this is correct, to the extent of my knowledge, it would mark the first time humanity has ‘seen’ dark matter. And it ...

Researchers suggest that dark matter might subtly color light red or blue as it passes through, revealing traces of its existence. Using a network-like model of particle connections, they argue that ...

A new theory for the origins of dark matter suggests that fast-moving, neutrino-like dark particles could have decoupled from ...

While dark matter is buttressed by numerous consistent and independent pieces of evidence from astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology, unambiguous and conclusive direct detection of it continues to ...