Tiny highly uniform magnetic fields are known to pervade the universe, influencing various cosmological processes. To date, ...

New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Dark matter is a type of matter that is predicted to make up most of the matter in the universe, yet it is very difficult to ...

The research team used two distributed sensors and leveraged two quantum resources for increasing detection sensitivity: ...

Dark matter keeps getting blamed for the universe’s big patterns while staying stubbornly out of reach. You cannot see it, touch it, or capture it.

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...

New research using a space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein presents evidence that the invisible backbone of the ...

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint ...

Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Previous observations of stars whipping around an unseen mass—especially a bright star called S2—have pointed to an object ...

What would it actually be like if every particle in your body converted into a dark matter particle? And how long could you ...