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

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

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 turns out that dark matter is a new particle not included in the current ...

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 ...

No, not that Nancy Grace. NASA's newest space telescope, named after the agency's first Chief of Astronomy, is physically ...

What we see in our universe only accounts for roughly five per cent of what’s out there. The remaining 95 per cent is invisible. But now, a researcher at the University of Tokyo says he's seen at ...

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 ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made strides in unraveling the mysteries surrounding dark matter within the Draco dwarf galaxy, located about 250,000 light-years away. Dark matter, an invisible ...

A team of astronomers analyzed observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope taken over a span of 18 years to measure the dynamic motions of stars within the Draco dwarf galaxy. The telescope's ...

NASA plans two Antarctic balloon launches to study extreme cosmic particles, using stable polar winds and continuous sunlight ...