A massive clump of dark matter in the Perseus galaxy cluster is linked to its core by a bridge of dark matter, evidence of a ...

Dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up a significant portion of the universe, continues to puzzle scientists. For ...

"No existing galaxy formation model within our standard cosmological paradigm can currently explain how this galaxy came to ...

An international team of astronomers has solved one of the longstanding cosmic mysteries by uncovering direct evidence of a ...

A dark matter halo with a galaxy at its heart. It's possible, however, that not all dark matter haloes could packed with stellar fillings. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) For some time ...

Mysterious Phenomenon at Center of Galaxy Could Reveal New Kind of Dark Matter Mar. 10, 2025 — A mysterious phenomenon at the center of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have found compelling evidence of a dark matter-deficient dwarf galaxy, FCC 224. This ultra-diffuse galaxy is located on the ...

Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo. Stars are formed when gravity within dark matter halos draws in gas, but astrophysicists don't know whether star-free dark ...

In fact, Zhu says that AC G185.0-11.5 appears to contain 21 times more dark matter than normal matter. But how did the researchers determine that AC G185.0-11.5 is a galaxy at all? The giveaway ...

Dark energy could ... which clumps together matter to build vast structures. The large-scale structure of the universe refers to vast, interconnected patterns of galaxies, galaxy clusters, and ...

This vast survey, containing the positions of 15 million galaxies, constitutes the largest ... is that sooner or later the nature of dark matter and dark energy will be discovered.

Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter. First spotted in 2024, FCC 224 is a dwarf galaxy that boasts a dozen luminous, tightly bound ...