A mysterious glow of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way has long hinted at dark matter, but the lack of similar signals in smaller dwarf galaxies has cast doubt on that idea. Now, researchers ...

Dark matter constitutes one of the great mysteries of modern cosmology. Invisible yet omnipresent, it shapes galaxy formation ...

Scientists are aiming to redefine how we search for dark matter. A new theoretical ...

The universe has cooked up all sorts of bizarre and beautiful forms of matter, from blazing stars to purring cats, out of just three basic ingredients. Electrons and two types of quarks, dubbed “up” ...

The absence of a signal could itself be a signal. This is the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology ...

The SuperCDMS is chilled to right around absolute zero, and its detectors are primed to hunt dark matter particles.

Understanding how heavy particles behave in hot matter is fundamental to mapping the properties of the early universe and the fundamental forces that rule it. The findings also pave the way for future ...

Learn how a two-state model of dark matter could explain why gamma-ray signals appear in some galaxies but not others.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (CREDIT: Pixabay) Dark matter keeps getting blamed for the universe’s big patterns while staying stubbornly out of reach. You ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If dark matter particles decay, then scientists could hunt for signs of this process, including X-ray or gamma-ray radiation or ...