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This faraway galaxy may be completely devoid of dark matter
By Mara Johnson-Groh published
On the surface, a galaxy 250 million light-years from Earth seems like any other, but a deeper look reveals a puzzling quirk: It seems to have no dark matter.

Dark matter may spawn more of itself from ordinary matter, like a cosmic ice-9
By Joanna Thompson published
A new mechanism for dark matter creation could explain the current six-to-one ratio of dark matter to matter.

Astronomers spot dark matter creating eerie clones of a distant galaxy
By Ben Turner published
It took more than eight years for the scientists to explain the bizarre finding.

A 10 billion-year-old supernova will soon replay before our eyes, new dark matter study predicts
By Brandon Specktor published
Scientists predict that an ancient supernova will reappear in the sky for a 4th time in the year 2037, thanks to the meddling influence of dark matter.

Travel through galaxies and the dark matter web in this stunning universe simulation
By Stephanie Pappas published
A new freely downloadable universe simulation reveals the structure of galaxies and galactic clusters over more than 13 billion years of history.

Is dark matter made of 'Fermi balls' forged in the Big Bang?
By Paul Sutter published
A new theory suggests dark matter may have come from quantum bags that got squished together in the early universe.

Quantum crystal could reveal the identity of dark matter
By Adam Mann published
By entangling the motion and quantum properties of a beryllium crystal, scientists have achieved unprecedented precision for measuring electromagnetic waves.

Can we explain dark matter by adding more dimensions to the universe?
By Paul Sutter published
Dark matter could be even weirder than anyone thought, say cosmologists who are suggesting this mysterious substance could interact with itself in a higher dimensional universe.
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