"Dark matter could be captured by stars and accumulate inside them ... Brown dwarfs get the unfortunate nickname "failed stars" because, despite forming just like stars from a cloud of collapsing gas ...

Deep in the center of our galaxy, scientists believe a strange type of star may be quietly glowing—not from fusion like our ...

"If we see the lampshade effect in action, it will tell us about what dark matter could be, which is exciting." ...

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

Unlike the standard view of dark matter as a cloud of heavy, sluggish particles with no internal structure, the new research focuses on dark matter made of particles lighter than a millionth of an ...

Dark matter is a real pain in the neck. The term dark matter itself refers to a hypothetical substance that seems to solely ...

By modern estimates, the universe is only about 5% regular matter and energy and about 27% dark matter, or more than five times as much. The remaining 68% of the universe is thought to be dark ...

Astrophysicists have discovered that if dark matter decays, ... If these supermassive black holes formed by the collapse of a gas cloud, ...

Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing tiny amounts of dimming that may help explain one of the greatest puzzles in science.

Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing tiny amounts of dimming that may help explain one of the greatest puzzles in science.