Latest about dark matter
Could galaxy cluster collisions be used as dark matter detectors?
Particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider have failed to turn up potential dark matter candidates, but could galaxy cluster smashes be used as cosmic dark matter colliders?
Dark matter ghosts its way through powerful (and messy) collision of galaxy clusters
Using data from the Hubble and Chandra space telescopes, scientists have determined that dark matter ghosted through the wreckage of two colliding galaxy clusters over 5 billion light-years away.
Dark matter could play 'matchmaker' for supermassive black holes
Dark matter could act as a cosmic matchmaker between dark matter and merging supermassive black holes, solving astronomy's "final parsec problem."
X-rays reveal secret gas in huge and distant galaxy cluster
The Euclid and XMM-Newton missions have combined to show the hidden, hot gas that fills an immense galaxy cluster 2.7 billion light-years away.
Rapidly spinning dead stars could unveil dark matter secrets
"Cosmic lighthouses" comprised of rapidly spinning dead stars that blast out radiowaves could be used to shed new light on dark matter, the universe's most mysterious "stuff."
In a way, Space.com and the dark universe grew up together
The concept of dark energy came about just around the time Space.com booted up.
Hubble Telescope tracks a dwarf galaxy's stars to map out dark matter
By measuring the motions of stars in the Draco dwarf galaxy, the Hubble Space Telescope was able to map the density profile of dark matter.
Astronomers could use a synthetic cosmos to unravel dark matter mysteries
A simulated universe created by a supercomputer should help astronomers better analyze dark matter and dark energy clues delivered by "dark universe detective" telescopes Roman and Rubin.
