Dark matter is one of nature's most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to ...

The latest experiment also represents the first time the LZ team applied a technique called “salting,” in which false WIMP ...

"Dark matter could be captured by stars and accumulate inside them. If that happens, it might also interact with itself and ...

In A Nutshell New theoretical models predict “dark dwarfs” — objects powered by dark matter annihilation. These cosmic bodies ...

Some of the faintest, coldest stars in the universe may be powered not by fusion—but by the annihilation of dark matter deep ...

Celestial objects known as dark dwarfs may be hiding at the center of our galaxy and could offer key clues to uncover the ...

This particular isotope burns away quickly inside stars due to their intense heat. But in cooler objects like brown dwarfs, ...

Astronomers propose dark dwarfs—objects powered by dark matter annihilation—may exist near the galactic center, offering key clues about WIMPs.

Because it doesn't interreact with light or electromagnetism, dark matter exists to us only through its influence on visible ...

Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the "Cosmic Dawn" by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient ...

In a chilled lab where temperatures drop close to absolute zero, a speck of magnet hovers in place. This tiny magnet, ...