This puzzling result makes sense if one assumes that the boundary stars are feeling the gravitational effects of an unseen mass—dark matter—in a halo around the galaxy. Dark matter could also ...

Models indicate that this decrease is the result of the dark matter halo that is exerting the torque being oblate, or ...

the shape and distribution of dark matter in our galaxy. "Because it's a larger sample, we now have a breakthrough,” Chakrabarti said. "We are able to measure the local dark matter density using ...

The simulations also showed a difference in the rate at which dark matter halos accrete mass. At low redshifts, w0waCDM halos accrete mass slightly faster than halos in the ΛCDM simulations. At ...

12, 2025 — New research suggests black holes may transition into 'white holes', ejecting matter and potentially ... within the galactic halo of the Milky ... Dark Energy 'Doesn't Exist' So ...

Space.com spoke to three scientists, cosmic detectives who are hot on the trail of dark matter candidates using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The question is how, even with its incredibly ...

The shape of the spectral line created by axion ... An artist's impression of the dark matter halo (blue) that is believed to surround the Milky Way galaxy. | Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Pinetti ...