Black holes smashing together may churn dark matter "butter," scientists say.

Modern cosmology assumes dark matter exists. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is the answer—and what if we're wrong?

Of all the sciences, physics is unique in that it can come to a broad consensus with math alone—very little tactile evidence required. Never has this been the case more than with dark matter. Though ...

First and perhaps most perplexingly, researchers remain unsure about what exactly dark matter is. Originally, some scientists ...

We may be more in the dark about dark matter than previously thought, according to a new analysis of distant galaxy clusters.

Dark matter makes up most of the mass in galaxies and galaxy clusters. In fact, scientists estimate that ordinary matter makes up only about 5% of the universe, while dark matter makes up about 27%.

There is a lot of matter in our galaxy that we can’t see. It’s called dark matter. Have you ever looked up at the night sky and thought it looks like a lot of empty space? Turns out, it’s not empty ...

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Dark matter is thought to make up most of the matter in the universe, but the only way it interacts with its surroundings is ...

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