Dark Matter Follows Same Gravitational Laws as Ordinary Matter

Is Dark Matter Controlled by a Secret “Fifth Force”?

A team led by UNIGE has shown that the most mysterious component of our Universe follows the laws of classical physics, though some doubts still remain. Does dark matter obey the same physical laws as the matter we can see? Scientists are still trying to answer this question about one of the Universe’s greatest mysteries. [...]

Even Dark Matter Can’t Catch a Break From Gravity, Study Suggests

A mathematical investigation of galactic data suggests elusive dark matter is confined to the rules of gravity.

The hunt for dark matter: a trivia quiz

This quiz dives into the mysterious world of dark matter — what we know, what we don't, and how scientists are chasing shadows across the cosmos.

Comparing the motion of dark matter and standard model particles on cosmological scales - Nature Communications

Since dark matter particles have never been directly detected, we do not know how they move, and in particular we do not know how they fall inside gravitational potential wells. Usually it is assumed that dark matter only interacts gravitationally with itself and with particles of the standard model, and therefore that its motion is governed by Euler’s equation. In this paper, we do test this assumption directly at cosmological scales, by combin…

Dark matter does not defy gravity

Does dark matter follow the same laws as ordinary matter? The mystery of this invisible and hypothetical component of our Universe — which neither emits nor reflects light — remains unsolved.  A team involving members from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) set out to determine whether, on a cosmological scale, this matter behaves like ordinary matter or whether other forces come into play. Their findings, published in Nature…

What's it like to live inside a void?

The cosmic voids of the universe are empty of matter. But we all know there’s more to the universe than just matter.