Intriguingly, ultralight dark matter might be able to turn into photons (light) — and it's through this process that the research team hopes to eradicate molecular hydrogen and allow gas clouds to ...

If this scenario plays out, “the world as we know it would collapse like a house of cards,” says one theoretical physicist.

Dark matter is the unobservable form of matter that could make up as much as 85% of mass in the universe, but scientists are not sure exactly what it is. Axions are one of the leading candidates ...

Mysterious Phenomenon at Center of Galaxy Could Reveal New Kind of Dark Matter Mar. 10, 2025 — A mysterious phenomenon at the center of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark ...

Although we’re still searching for observational evidence of dark matter, scientists haven’t been able to account for about 15 percent of the regular matter in the universe with just stars ...

Exotic properties suggested by recent DESI collaboration data are more likely to apply to dark energy than dark matter, ...

In the search to understand how the universe came to be, a new theory is rewriting the script. Instead of one massive, fiery ...

An illustration shows a multitude of singulaties spitting matter in the universe around Earth. Could such phenomena account for dark energy?. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) A new model ...