Does dark matter actually exist? New theory says it could be gravity behaving strangely
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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…
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…
Webb’s 255-hour-long observation reveals invisible dark matter in a map area containing nearly 800,000 galaxies
As part of the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) project, Webb captured an area of the sky located in…
Our Entire Galaxy Appears to Be Embedded in a Colossal Sheet of Dark Matter
The Milky Way — and in fact our entire galactic neighborhood known as the Local Group — appear…
James Webb captures the sharpest map of dark matter ever created
The Dark Matter distribution in the COSMOS field observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. (Credit: Gavin Leroy/Professor…
Cosmological tensions grow. Two new early-universe clues.
Two independent studies published in early 2026 offer a sophisticated perspective on the structural evolution of the universe.…
New dark matter map shows the universe in detail
A new, highly detailed map powered by JWST data reveals the invisible dark matter structure of our universe.…
Watch: Scientists create the most detailed dark matter map using James Webb Telescope
By Roselyne Min with AP Published on 28/01/2026 – 9:19 GMT+1 Scientists have created the most detailed map yet of dark…
NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on Universe
With the Webb telescope’s unprecedented sensitivity, scientists are learning more about dark matter’s influence on stars, galaxies, and…
Outer Space Is a Viscous Fluid, New Paper Claims
There’s endless debate among cosmologists about what really makes up the emptiness of outer space, though many believe…
Dark Matter’s Earliest Moments May Have Been Far More Extreme Than We Thought
Dark matter map (2021) by the Dark Energy Survey using weak gravitational lensing data set. The mass maps are weighted projections…