Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...

A new study says observations from the NASA Fermi space telescope suggest a halo of dark matter around the center of our ...

The NASA gamma-ray spacecraft Fermi may have enabled scientists to "see" dark matter, the universe's most mysterious stuff, ...

The mysterious glow can’t easily be explained, leading a University of Tokyo researcher to argue it could be humanity’s first ...

A team of astronomers say they've made the first ever detection of dark matter by examining gamma rays near the center of the ...

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

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may have provided the first direct evidence of dark matter, allowing the invisible substance to be “seen” for the first time, new research claimed Wednesday.

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a glimpse of it. A University of Tokyo researcher analyzing ...

A team of Japanese astronomers may have detected the first-ever direct signature of dark matter using NASA's Fermi gamma-ray space telescope. The team found a unique 20 GeV gamma-ray glow near the ...

Dark matter has never been directly observed in action, as it does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, which makes dark matter invisible to conventional telescopes. A team of researchers, led by ...

The AMS operates in space from the International Space Station. Its purpose is to study cosmic rays in search of dark matter and antimatter. Credit: NASA In May 2011 the shuttle Endeavour ferried the ...

The final integration of the telescope's major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA's Goddard Space ...