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Obtaining Regular Matter From Dark Matter? Gravity Portals Could Make It Possible

For decades, astrophysicists had been struggling to understand the nature of dark matter – the ‘glue’ that binds stars and galaxies, as well as the mysterious force causing the unexplainable motion of galaxies. Dark matter is much more prevalent throughout…

March 4, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

This Galaxy Puzzles Scientists by Showcasing a Dark Matter Halo

Although astrophysicists still have a lot more to learn about dark matter and its origin, the structure still appears under our nose pretty often. Of course, we must interpret ‘under our nose’ in this case in an astronomical way, meaning…

February 2, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

The Search for Primordial Black Holes Continues, as They Can Solve The Dark Matter Puzzle

Both black holes and dark matter represent two of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics. Researchers began to find clues of the existence of the two structures without even observing them directly, proving the beauty of science once again. But could…

December 30, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Hubble’s Activity Explains The Missing Dark Matter from a Neighboring Galaxy

While astrophysicists from all over the world struggle to understand the origin of dark matter from many corners of the Universe, others are having a hard time figuring out where such a mysterious structure from a neighboring galaxy went. Thanks…

November 28, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Dark Matter Is Missing From Some Galaxies! Where Did It Go?

It’s hard to tell that something or someone is missing when you haven’t ever seen that person or object. The same goes for dark matter – It has never been seen even though more of it is believed to exist…

September 15, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

New Study for Dark Matter Baffles Astrophysicists Even More

Dark matter is already one of the most mysterious structures in the Universe – despite the fact that it cannot be seen, dark matter accounts for about 95% of the total mass of our physical reality. Furthermore, dark matter doesn’t…

September 14, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Simulation Shows How Dark Matter Could Look Like

Dark matter is exceptionally fascinating. Unfortunately for us, it is also invisible, so it was a real challenge for scientists to study it. Though dark matter makes up 85% of all matter in the Universe, it does not interact with…

September 8, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Dark Matter Hunt Detects Unexplained Signal

An experiment that’s been searching for signs of dark matter managed to detect an unexplained signal. Experts who are working on the Xenon1T experiment detected more activity within their detector than they expected. Such excess of events could be pointing…

June 22, 2020 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

Dark Matter Experiment Could Lead to the Discovery of New Particles

Scientists have recently carried out some experiments in the search for cosmic dark matter. It looks like they have now stumbled upon something big, but not gray matter. The researchers that were handling the XENON1T experiment reported some data on…

June 19, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

New Ways of Catching Dark Matter Signals Found

Dark matter had put to shame every type of detector designed to find it. Due to its dominant gravitational footprint in the Universe, dark matter represents approximately 85 % of the total mass up there. The only thing is that…

May 11, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0