New research using a space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein presents evidence that the invisible backbone of the ...

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At the center of our galaxy, something incredibly heavy is pulling the strings. Stars ...

In a new study, scientists from Canada have proposed a solution to the final parsec problem of supermassive black hole (SMBH) mergers using self-interacting dark matter. When two galaxies merge, gas ...

For decades, astronomers have treated dark matter as the invisible scaffolding of the cosmos, a mysterious substance that ...

Dark matter could be the result of fermions pushed into a warped fifth dimension. This theory builds on an idea first stated in 1999, but is unique in its findings. Dark matter makes up 75 percent of ...

At the center of our galaxy, there's a mysterious, diffuse glow given off by gamma rays — powerful radiation usually emitted by high-energy objects such as rapidly rotating or exploding stars.NASA's ...

According to the standard ( Λ CDM) model of cosmology, dark matter and neutrinos do not interact with each other. The work of ...

The "final parsec problem" describes the difficulty in explaining how supermassive black holes lose sufficient orbital energy to merge when separated by distances around one parsec, where ...

Have you ever stood by the sea and been overwhelmed by its vastness, by how quickly it could roll in and swallow you? Evidence suggests that we are suspended in a cosmic sea of dark matter, a ...