Computer algorithms can model the universe, matching simulations to observations and revealing the distribution of dark ...

The project, called OpenUniverse, relied on the now-retired Theta supercomputer at the DOE’s (Department of Energy’s) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The supercomputer accomplished a process ...

Critically, this simulation also includes the effects of the mysterious substance known as dark matter. Dark matter is a theoretical type of particle which doesn't interact with the atoms and ...

New research using 3D galaxy maps and advanced algorithms reveals hidden information that could challenge our understanding ...

"It marks an exciting step forward in our understanding of dark matter and the dynamics of the Milky Way." A perplexing "break" in a stream of stars around the Milky Way could be the result of ...

But this hypothesis struggles to explain the relatively low densities of galaxy cores, because simulations of dark matter's behavior predict that it should easily clump up to extremely high ...

This is the first step to confirming a key prediction of the fuzzy dark matter model. However, there is still a lot of work to be done. The next step is to build even more realistic simulations of ...