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

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

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

Shedding Light on Dark Matter In addition to exploring galactic fossils, the Roman Space Telescope will play a crucial role ...

Dubbed "fuzzy" dark matter, these hypothetical particles are so light that their quantum-wave nature manifests on larger, macroscopic — even galactic — scales. This means they can stabilize ...

astronomers can use them to trace invisible dark matter in a galaxy. The Milky Way's galactic halo, a roughly spherical region surrounding the galaxy, contains dark matter and extends beyond the ...

This "fuzzy" dark matter would allow the quantum wave nature of the particles to manifest on macroscopic—even galactic—scales, allowing them to form large, diffuse clumps known as "dark stars." ...

Dark matter is invisible, non-baryonic matter hypothesized to explain phenomena including gravitational lensing and galactic rotation curves. Dark energy is thought to permeate the Universe and ...