After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter
For nearly a century, something unseen has tugged at the cosmos. In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky…
Scientists think the mysterious glow in our galaxy could be from dark matter. What that means
At the center of our galaxy, there’s a mysterious, diffuse glow given off by gamma rays — powerful…
A 60-Year-Old Cosmic Puzzle May Finally Have an Answer
Supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies emit radiation and ultra-fast winds into space. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech…
Astrophysicists Zero In on Source of Strange Gamma-Ray Signals
Artist’s impression of a MSP binary system. Credit: ESA & Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) Millisecond pulsar binaries…