Dark matter remains one of science's deepest mysteries. It makes up about 25% of our universe, yet scientists only observe ...

Celestial objects known as dark dwarfs may be hiding at the center of our galaxy and could offer key clues to uncover the ...

Because it doesn't interreact with light or electromagnetism, dark matter exists to us only through its influence on visible ...

This particular isotope burns away quickly inside stars due to their intense heat. But in cooler objects like brown dwarfs, ...

Deep in the center of our galaxy, scientists believe a strange type of star may be quietly glowing—not from fusion like our ...

Brown dwarfs are too small to sustain the nuclear fusion that powers most stars, so they cool and fade over time. But if they ...

Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.

Webb’s new images of the Bullet Cluster reveal the most detailed dark matter map yet, shedding light on cosmic collisions and ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently zeroed in on the Bullet Cluster—delivering highly detailed images that show a ...

A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of ...

Scientists think they found evidence of weird ancient stars called "dark stars" that are powered by dark matter instead of ...

In a groundbreaking study of 1.58 million galaxy clusters, an international team of astronomers led by Dr. Michael West of ...