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Scientists think that dark matter produces a bright and spherical halo of X-ray emission around the center of the Milky Way.

Scientists use the Milky Way to hunt for dark matter

By Chelsea Gohd published

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The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search is one of the most sensitive efforts to track down dark matter particles. But the best dark-matter detector may be Earth itself, a new study suggests.

Hunting for dark matter — inside the Earth

By Paul Sutter published

The answer to the dark-matter mystery may be under our feet.

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The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search is one of the most sensitive efforts to track down brand-new, never-before-seen dark matter particles. But what if dark matter particles aren't something new after all?

Did German physicists accidentally discover dark matter in 2014?

By Rafi Letzter published

A new theory suggests that dark matter might not be made of undiscovered, never-before-seen particles. Instead, researchers write, it might be made from a type of "hexaquark" detected in 2014.

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This glowing red map shows the universe as seen in high-energy gamma rays.

Self-destructing dark matter may be flooding the sky with gamma-rays, study suggests

By Brandon Specktor published

There's a faint gamma-ray background in the universe, and scientists now think it could be caused by dark matter.

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A photo of astronomer Vera Rubin.

It's Official: Vera Rubin Observatory Named to Honor Dark Matter Scientist

By Meghan Bartels published

A U.S. facility — designed in part to solve the mysteries of dark matter — now officially carries the name of the scientist who concluded that the elusive substance must exist.

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A panoramic image shows the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

19 Galaxies Are Apparently Missing Dark Matter. No One Knows Why.

By Rafi Letzter published

Nineteen newly discovered dwarf galaxies seem to be missing their dark matter, and physicists aren't sure why.

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Exotic 'Fuzzy' Dark Matter May Have Created Giant Filaments Across the Early Universe

By Adam Mann published

Simulations help distinguish a cosmos containing fuzzy dark matter from one without it.

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'Dark Matter Bullets' Could Tear Through the Human Body, Wild New Study Suggests

By Mindy Weisberger published

A type of dark matter might be capable of causing gunshot-like wounds.

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Is Dark Matter Fuzzy?

By Mara Johnson-Groh published

These particles would be much tinier than electrons.

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In a simulation, dark matter flowed away from the center of a galaxy as new stars formed. Real data about that galaxy, on the right, closely matches the simulation.

Dark Matter Behaves Differently in Dying Galaxies

By Rafi Letzter published

Astronomers barely know anything about dark matter, but now they know this: It behaves differently in old, dying galaxies than in new, star-forming ones.

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