Learn how a newly detected gamma-ray halo in the Milky Way could mark the first direct glimpse of dark matter.

Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter. First spotted in 2024, FCC 224 is a dwarf galaxy that boasts a dozen luminous, tightly bound ...

The new study reports the detection of a mysterious halo-like glow of gamma rays around the Milky Way, peaking sharply at ...

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever assembled. This spectacular new image ...

It was only a matter of time before artificial intelligence took on dark matter. A new deep-learning algorithm is set to be unleashed upon images of galaxy clusters in search of the telltale signs of ...

Day 9 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: a dark and dusty galaxy. This Hubble view of NGC 1546, a spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away, provides good view of dust lanes from ...

A galaxy has been discovered that, unlike any other known in the modern universe, seems to be essentially devoid of stars. The galaxy—a floating hunk of dust and gas aimlessly adrift in space, found ...

Dark matter has two central properties: it has mass like regular matter, and unlike regular matter, it reacts weakly or not at all with light. Neutrinos satisfy these two criteria, but neutrinos move ...

Believe it or not, the stardust-studded sparkle of the Milky Way galaxy is yet another celestial phenomenon that is visible from Michigan's backyard with your own eyes. With careful planning, Milky ...

Observing a distant and messy collision between galaxy clusters, astronomers have discovered that dark matter, the most mysterious "stuff" in the universe, passed through the wreckage like a cosmic ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...