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

A team of astronomers say they've made the first ever detection of dark matter by examining gamma rays near the center of the Milky Way.

Astronomers have detected a mysterious gamma-ray glow from the Milky Way’s halo, potentially marking the first direct ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA plans two Antarctic balloon launches to study extreme cosmic particles, using stable polar winds and continuous sunlight ...