The project honors trailblazing astronomer Vera C. Rubin, whose research provided the first conclusive evidence of dark matter. Her namesake observatory now aims to probe both dark matter and dark ...

But understanding what dark matter is remains an active area of research. With the release of its first images this month, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun a 10-year mission to help unravel ...

The observatory, funded by the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science, released its inaugural imagery Monday, June 23, showcasing stars, galaxies, and cosmic ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have instead formed inside a colossal black hole.

The filament is made up of hot intergalactic gas (shown in mottled black-yellow), a type of ‘ordinary matter’ that has proven really difficult for astronomers to find. Image Credit: The European Space ...

For three weeks, I used every single product—applying each as instructed—included in Merit Beauty’s Full Collection to perfect my no-makeup makeup look. Now, a word about my skin: After going through ...

You can’t see it, yet it tugs on every star in the sky. Astronomers call this hidden glue dark matter, and for nearly a century they have struggled to learn what it is and how it shapes the Milky Way.

Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of the most mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matter?

A new study posits that this muon might be the result of a dark matter particle that decayed as it passed through the Earth, which would also explain why the IceCube Observatory in the South Pole ...

It Might Have Come From Dark Matter. Scientists have never directly detected dark matter, but some wonder if one high-energy detection in 2023 could be a rare indirect glimpse at it.