Dark matter may consist of particles with different masses
Dark matter keeps getting blamed for the universe’s big patterns while staying stubbornly out of reach. You cannot…
Our leading theory of dark matter may be wrong, massive gravity study hints
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The Milky Way’s core may be dense dark matter, not a black hole
For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr…
Is the Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Actually a Massive Knot of Dark Matter? Sounds Crazy, But the Numbers Line Up
Artistic representation of the Milky Way, where the innermost stars move at near relativistic speeds around a dense…
7 Weird Space Phenomena That Only Make Sense if Dark Matter Exists
Dark matter is the invisible stuff making up around 85% of the universe’s mass. Like its name, dark…
Physicists Think They Saw a Black Hole Explode
Black holes are born from the explosive deaths of stars. But can black holes themselves explode? Nobody knows…
Astronomers find clearest evidence yet of a dark matter subhalo near the Sun
Astronomers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville may have found the closest evidence yet of a hidden…
Giant dark matter ‘sheet’ may shape galactic motion in the Milky Way
On a clear night, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy look like close neighbors. In space, they…
Something Mysteriously Powerful Slammed Into Earth in 2023. Scientists Now Have a Theory
In astrophysics, extreme events may call for extreme interpretations. Sometimes, that means weighing every possible option for what…
Milky Way’s ‘Central Black Hole’ is Compact Object Composed of Fermionic Dark Matter, Study Says
For decades, the motions of stars near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy have been treated as…
Daring Theory Challenges the Black Hole’s Reign Over the Milky Way’s Core
Astronomers have yet to fully grasp the Galactic Center—the heart of the Milky Way—although they’re fairly certain that…
Record-breaking neutrino points to exploding primordial black hole
A neutrino slammed into Earth in 2023 with so much energy that it looked almost unreal. The particle…