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. That means everything we ...

6, 2025 — Physicists have proposed a solution to a long-standing puzzle surrounding the GD-1 stellar stream, one of the most well-studied streams within the galactic halo of the Milky ...

Boson stars, invisible cosmic objects, could explain dark matter’s mysteries, shaping galaxies and redefining astrophysics ...

New observations with the JWST have identified three possible dark star candidates-JADES-GS-z13-0, JADES-GS-z12-0, and ...

The team has created a concept they believe could help us understand more about dark matter, a mysterious force that makes up ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

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Physicists have proposed a solution to a long-standing puzzle surrounding the GD-1 stellar ... proposed that a core-collapsing self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) "subhalo" — a smaller ...

A new study on exploding stars has provided the first evidence for an alternative model of the universe, known as Timescape.

Only 5% of all visible matter in the universe is baryonic matter, while the remaining 95% consists of dark matter and dark energy.