Dark Matter
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![Dark Matter ‘Hairs’ Around Earth](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3oYdjZyGZmeXKTWjHhyiYW-320-80.jpg)
Dark Matter 'Hairs' May Surround Earth
By Mike Wall published
Computer simulations suggest that filaments of invisible dark matter form long "hairs" when they go through planets such as Earth.
![Stealth Dark Matter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aXVfhcBb4wrCjAXu4W9RjY-320-80.jpg)
Mysterious Dark Matter May Not Always Have Been Dark
By Charles Q. Choi published
Dark matter particles may have interacted often with normal matter long ago, when the universe was very hot, a new study suggests.
![Astronomers estimate that the visible matter in Pandora's Cluster only makes up five percent of its mass. They believe the rest is made of dark matter.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vFJjkaMb9sZdSx2sBEE7UC-320-80.jpeg)
Invisible Dark Matter May Show Up in GPS Signals
By Kelly Dickerson published
Dark matter might be made of clouds of energy cracks instead of particles and may be detectable in GPS signals.
![The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of galaxy cluster ZwCl0024+1652, revealing a ghostly ring of dark matter floating within the cluster. Astronomers said the ring, which measures 2.6 million light-years across, may have been produced by a coll](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L3U3LTC9XhA9SkxkAEutXc-320-80.jpeg)
Not Particles, But Chunks: Dark Matter Gets Stranger
By Charles Q. Choi published
The mysterious matter called dark matter may not be made of tiny particles, as most scientists believe, but instead may consist of chunks as large as an asteroid, researchers say.
![The AMS particle detector has been capturing cosmic ray data from the International Space Station for three years.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sb9apn8JZnFRdH723BWTpX-320-80.jpg)
Hints of Mysterious Dark Matter Revealed by Cosmic Rays
By Kelly Dickerson published
The AMS particle detector aboard the International Space Station has found more evidence of dark matter in cosmic ray data.
![dark matter illustration](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SYSJySmXRgA6nLnDN9goqK-320-80.jpg)
Report: New Physics Should Hunt Dark Matter & Energy
By Tia Ghose published
The United States particle physics community should focus on dark matter and energy experiments, as well as pursuing new physics related to neutrinos and the Higgs Boson, a new report suggests.
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