The finding came courtesy of scientists who propose a novel way to map dark matter using the "wobble" of the Milky Way. That wobble is due to the influence of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies ...

Getting warmer. Scientists are keen to get to the bottom of the dark matter puzzle because this phenomenon accounts for the vast majority of the "stuff" in the universe — about 85%, in fact.

Hypothetical dark matter is believed to exist based on observed gravitational effects that cannot be explained by visible matter. Scientists estimate that 85% of the universe's total mass is dark ...

Adam Riess won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for making a discovery that rocked the way scientists view the cosmos. By showing that the universe, fueled by a strange force known as dark ...

Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet for the existence of dark stars, a type of enormous star in the early universe that is partially powered by dark matter.If confirmed, these ...