James Webb Uncovers New Clues: Could Dark Matter Theory Be …
1 day ago · The James Webb Space Telescope's latest findings on ancient galaxies challenge the dark matter theory, suggesting an alternative view that gravity behaves differently than previously thought. This discovery opens exciting possibilities for understanding galaxy formation and the fundamental forces shaping our universe. Traditional View of Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation For decades, the dark ...
Hints of a 'neutrino fog' could complicate efforts to detect dark matter
2 days ago · Dark matter is expected to be cold particles that are nearly non-interacting with regular matter—thus they are dubbed weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs).
NASA’s Swift Studies Gas-Churning Monster Black Holes
1 day ago · Scientists using observations from NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of a galaxy. “It’s a very weird event, called AT 2021hdr, that keeps recurring every few months,” said Lorena Hernández-García, an astrophysicist at […]
Dark Matter News - ScienceDaily
2 days ago · Find out the latest news and updates on dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up most of the universe. Learn about new discoveries, theories, experiments, and simulations that aim...
Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results
Apr 4, 2024 · BREAD is a tabletop-scale device that scans a wide range of frequencies for axions and dark photons, hypothetical dark matter candidates. The experiment delivered its first results and placed...
A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, MIT study finds
Sep 17, 2024 · MIT physicists propose that if dark matter is made of microscopic primordial black holes, they could cause a detectable wobble in Mars' orbit as they fly by the Red Planet. The study suggests a new way to search for dark matter …
This new map of the Universe suggests dark matter shaped the
Feb 14, 2024 · Astronomers have used the eROSITA telescope to trace the X-ray glow of distant galaxy clusters and reconstruct nearly nine billion years of cosmic evolution. The results support the standard...
New record in search for dark matter | ScienceDaily
Aug 26, 2024 · New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe's invisible mass.
Dark matter: How primordial black holes could explain a long ... - CNN
Jun 17, 2024 · Scientists studying the earliest black holes may have found an explanation for dark matter, putting Stephen Hawking’s theory on the subject back into the spotlight.
Most precise accounting yet of dark energy and dark matter
Oct 19, 2022 · Pantheon+ convincingly finds that the cosmos is composed of about two-thirds dark energy and one-third matter — mostly in the form of dark matter — and is expanding at an accelerating pace over the last several billion years.