How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.

But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...

Dark dwarfs, stars composed of dark matter, may be the optimal objects in which to finally discover physical dark matter in the real world.

Researchers have created digital copies of our galaxy, the Milky Way, to better understand one of the Universe's greatest mysteries: dark matter. These virtual twins are the result of the ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful evidence of dark matter. Her groundbreaking work revealed that most of the ...

Gravity can exist without mass.” It’s a statement that upends a century of astrophysical dogma and, for some, sounds as ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has captured a breathtaking image of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, in a tribute to ...

The VRO is a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of ...

Vera Rubin fundamentally advanced our knowledge of galactic dynamics, laid the groundwork for dark matter research, and worked throughout her life to ensure women had a place in science ...