Dark Matter
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![Dark matter particles might interact with each other.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HUPEHqrXhkZKk2wtNsD8hA-320-80.jpg)
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.
![ultra-diffuse galaxy NGS 1052-DF2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W2KsVwCPhh9NJNPxozhuii-320-80.png)
Already-weird galaxy found to have oddly little dark matter
By Rahul Rao published
Astronomers may not know what dark matter is, but they do know that galaxies are supposed to contain a lot of the shadowy, invisible substance.
![This animation shows the distribution of the dark matter, obtained from a numerical simulation, at a redshift z~2, or when the Universe was about 3 billion years old.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cxBbDjv2C8XTDDBBtKfYGg-320-80.gif)
Dark matter map reveals new filaments connecting galaxies
By Stephanie Pappas published
A new map of the local universe created with machine learning reveals filaments of dark matter connecting galaxies.
![The map reveals a bright patch, a wake of stars, beneath the Milky Way's halo. In the bottom right, the Large Magellanic Cloud continues its orbit.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BHwVRBBvYTfZMC5pUpUC93-320-80.jpg)
Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers are hoping to use the wake of stars to test the existing theories of dark matter.
![Betelgeuse dimming](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dJtBeajofM88RRpuDd427c-320-80.jpeg)
One of Earth's nearest stars may be a dark matter factory
By Adam Mann published
A hunt for hypothetical axions streaming from Betelgeuse turns up empty but helps physicists set constraints on their properties.
![A mysterious glow in the center of the galaxy.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HiJDgRjxH8Zir5NQjMZVsE-320-80.jpeg)
Dark matter 'annihilation' may be causing the Milky Way's center to glow
By Mara Johnson-Groh published
A new study suggests that annihilating dark matter particles may explain the Milky Way center's mysterious glow.
![The Hyades star cluster, located in the head of Taurus, is slowly being pulled apart by an invisible monster.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jkmPo3BndyC43jd5DAwSXB-320-80.jpeg)
A 'lump' of dark matter may be ripping apart Taurus' face
By Brandon Specktor published
The Hyades — the closest star cluster to our sun — is being stretched by an invisible 'lump,' researchers say.
![The spiral galaxy NGC 5585, which is nestled on the tail of the Great Bear in the constellation of Ursa Major, is one of many that have revealed the presence of an invisible substance called dark matter.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dpqXzaCZEZAqEfTgJMMEFm-320-80.jpg)
Scientists narrow down the 'weight' of dark matter trillions of trillions of times
By Tom Metcalfe published
Scientists are finally figuring out how much dark matter — the almost imperceptible material said to tug on everything, yet emit no light — really weighs.
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