Because dark matter is completely invisible to light, science had to look for clever new methods to spot it.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will study thousands of cosmic voids, mapping galaxy distributions to investigate dark matter, dark energy and the universe’s large-scale structure through precise ...

The Nancy Grace Roman (the famous NASA astronomer, not to be mistaken for the crime show host), which is slated for launch by ...

Our universe is filled with galaxies, in all directions as far as our instruments can see. Some researchers estimate that ...

Normal matter – which makes up everything we see and touch – isn’t the only type of matter present in the universe.

The Roman telescope promises to provide a clearer picture of the large-scale structure of the universe and the forces shaping ...

In what could be a breakthrough that rewrites physics textbooks, scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope may have directly detected dark the invisible substance believed to comprise 85 ...

The final integration of the telescope's major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA's Goddard Space ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma Cluster of galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the universe — and where the effect of dark ...

A team of astronomers analyzed observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope taken over a span of 18 years to measure the dynamic motions of stars within the Draco dwarf galaxy. The telescope's ...

"These cluster collisions are the most energetic phenomena since the Big Bang." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Observing a ...

The AMS operates in space from the International Space Station. Its purpose is to study cosmic rays in search of dark matter and antimatter. Credit: NASA In May 2011 the shuttle Endeavour ferried the ...