We may have seen the first hints of strange stars powered by dark matter. These so-called dark stars could explain several of the most mysterious objects in the universe, while also giving us hints ...

Smooth filaments stretching for many light-years, seen by the powerful space telescope, could indicate what the right "recipe ...

Why does space look dark if the universe is full of stars? This was the question asked by Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers in 1823. From there came the famous "Olbers Paradox." It tells us that, in a static ...

If not in visible stars and galaxies, the most likely hiding place for the matter is in the dark space between galaxies.

A team of astronomers say they may have detected dark matter, the invisible substance thought to make up over 85 percent of all matter in the universe, for the first time in history. The claim is ...

Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may be examples of dark stars. The concept of dark stars has existed for some ...

In the dense environment of the early universe, dark matter particles would collide with, and annihilate, each other, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexey A. Petrov, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) Scientists working ...

A researcher identified gamma ray emissions that appear to have originated from dark matter, but other physicists still aren’t convinced. Reading time 4 minutes Astronomers have spent nearly a century ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For nearly a century, scientists have been searching for direct evidence of dark matter—one of the key missing pieces of our theoretical ...