Dark matter
Webb Telescope maps dark matter in the Bullet Cluster
Is dark matter light? Mysterious chemistry at the centre of our Galaxy points to a new feather weight option
What could dark matter be? Five key theories
Webb is seeing black holes that are much bigger than expected. Could the answer be dark matter?
Dark matter | 8 questions answered
Hubble creates most precise map of star movement in a galaxy, revealing clues about the structure of dark matter
Astronomers find new clues to the mysterious substance’s distribution across a galaxy.
Who came up with dark matter? Seven scientists who pioneered our understanding of the dark universe
The term ‘dark matter’ was coined over a century ago. Here are 7 scientists who shed light on astronomy’s biggest mystery.
Coma Cluster and the theory of dark matter
The solution to dark matter could be found at the bottom of a mine in Yorkshire
The Euclid mission will study the mysteries of the dark Universe by mapping 2 billion galaxies
The new European space telescope will tackle the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
Exploding dark stars could leave scars in the cosmos that would help astronomers detect dark matter
Could dark matter be roving cosmic gas clouds? Flickering quasars revive old theory of cosmic mystery
The blink of distant quasars may hint at one of the cosmos’s big mysteries.
Dark matter vs dark energy
The difference between dark matter and dark energy, simply explained.
Dark matter could be made of black holes
Are tiny black holes the gravitational glue holding galaxies together?
If dark matter is everywhere, why do some galaxies seem to contain none at all?
What does it mean to find a galaxy without dark matter, or with very little of it?
Webb Telescope may have uncovered ancient stars powered by dark matter
Dark stars are candidates for the first stars that formed in the Universe, powered by dark matter.
Astronomers may have found a galaxy that's all dark matter, with no stars
Object long predicted in cosmology may finally have been discovered.
Mysterious rivers between the stars mapped for the first time
LUX-ZEPLIN: the new experiment hoping to detect dark matter
We spoke to Dr Jaret Heise about a new experiment that is aiming to make the first direct detection of dark matter.
Dark matter - the 'missing' Universe
Cosmologist and author Dr Paul Parsons tackles the subject of dark matter. The extract is taken from his new book, The Beginning and the End of Everything, which explores the story of the cosmos from the Big Bang to the end of the Universe.
Latest hunt for dark matter begins
The Axion Dark Matter Experiment will begin its quest to find axions - a hypothetical particle that could explain dark matter.
Big and Small in Space at Ed Sci Festival
In its first week, the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2018 examined the implications of scale in the cosmos, reports space writer Paul F Cockburn.
Earliest stars in the Universe detected
The earliest stars in the Universe have been detected for the first time. A team of astronomers found the imprint of starlight's first glow on the cosmic microwave background radiation.
Dark matter study views wobbling galaxies
The brightest galaxies in galaxy clusters 'wobble', according to a new dark matter study using the Hubble Space Telescope.