A tiny black hole may pass through our solar system once every ten or so years, researchers have suggested, and this could be detected by watching Mars wobble. This estimate is based on an idea ...

Moving through cosmic forests and spider webs in deep space in search of answers on the origin of the Cosmos. “We have tested a scenario in which dark matter is composed by non-stellar black holes, ...

Scientists may be able to spot evidence of elusive dark matter by watching for ripples on the surfaces of stars, a new study suggests. Such vibrations could indicate that a strange, hypothetical ...

For about 50 years, the scientific community has been grappling with a substantial problem: There isn’t enough visible matter in the universe. All the matter we can see — stars, planets, cosmic dust ...

One day a little more than five years ago, Ely Kovetz was having lunch with his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, discussing a tantalizing rumor. Like many in the physics community, ...

Astronomers have accidentally discovered a dark galaxy filled with primordial gas untouched that appears to have no visible stars. The researchers behind the discovery say this galaxy, designated ...

A new paper explores the idea of asteroid-sized objects that may be causing gravitational ripples in our cosmic neighborhood. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes Black holes are some of the most ...

For something that hasn't actually been found yet, there are a lot of theories around about dark matter and where this elusive stuff could be hiding. Now an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space ...

One day a little more than five years ago, Ely Kovetz was having lunch with his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, discussing a tantalizing rumor. Like many in the physics community ...

Dark matter is the most common matter in the Universe, accounting for nearly 85% of the total mass of the cosmos. But while we know dark matter is out there, we have no real idea what it is. Lots of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Could dark matter — the elusive substance that composes most of the material universe — be made ...