Learn how a newly detected gamma-ray halo in the Milky Way could mark the first direct glimpse of dark matter.

The new study reports the detection of a mysterious halo-like glow of gamma rays around the Milky Way, peaking sharply at ...

Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, Adrian Price-Whelan ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

In the early 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky observed galaxies in space moving faster than their mass should allow, ...

Research published Tuesday by a Japanese astrophysicist says gamma rays may have been generated by the collision of dark ...

A new study claims to show evidence of gamma-ray emissions that closely resemble those expected from two weakly interacting ...

Scientists have captured the first-ever direct evidence for dark matter, the elusive substance that makes up more than a ...

Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and ...

Scientists may have "seen" dark matter for the first time, thanks to NASA's Fermi gamma-ray space telescope. If so, this ...

If findings are correct, astronomer Tomonori Totani told Newsweek, this may finally solve "the greatest mystery in cosmology.

For decades, scientists have only inferred dark matter’s existence through its gravitational pull on galaxies, but may now ...