In the remote Pilbara desert of Western Australia, a mysterious burning object was discovered on October 18, 2025, sparking ...

Astronomers have detected the most distant and powerful odd radio circle known. These mysterious objects were first spotted ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the theory that dark matter could be the source.

For decades, astronomers have been puzzled by a mysterious glow of gamma rays emanating from near the center of the Milky Way ...

More gamma radiation than predicted is coming from the center of the Milky Way. According to simulations, dark matter has ...

A new study suggests that Dark Matter — long thought to be completely invisible — might subtly tint light as it passes ...

Late October offers a meteor shower generated by Haley's Comet plus a once in a lifetime comet that streaks by Earth every ...

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New research suggests that dark matter may once again hold the key to one of astronomy’s enduring mysteries: the excess of ...

Using supercomputer simulations, a team of researchers investigated a mysterious source of gamma light coming from the Milky ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University and an international team of scientists suggests that two competing theories for ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...