"Trying to lock in on dark matter's signal is like trying to hear somebody whisper in a stadium full of people." ...

Astronomers believe that most of NGC 24’s mass- nearly 80%- lies hidden in an invisible halo of dark matter, a mysterious substance detected only through its gravitational pull. Dark matter plays a ...

As the next-generation observatory moves closer to its 2027 launch, engineers successfully deployed the mission-critical solar panels and a massive sunshade that will help it peer into the universe’s ...

Most cosmic dust exhibits random atomic structures, and appears like soot. Thanks to NGC 6302’s extreme stellar energy, the ...

Mysterious “dark dwarfs” may glow eternally by burning invisible dark matter — and spotting them could finally crack one of ...

JWST, a collaboration of NASA, ESA, and CSA, sets new standards in astronomical observation with its cutting-edge optical ...

NASA has launched Surya, its new heliophysics artificial intelligence foundation model to empower solar scientists with tools ...

A new study based on recent data provides fresh evidence that instead of being steady, dark energy’s impact on the universe ...

A highly speculative new theory touches on three of the hottest topics in astronomy and the connections between them.

Dark matter could gather at the heart of Jupiter-sized worlds, eventually creating a black hole that eats its way out of its ...

When searching for the unknown, classic physics wisdom holds that a bigger detector boosts the chances of discovery. A ...

Researchers suggest gas giants might gather dark matter until their cores collapse into planet-sized black holes.