Scientists May Have Finally Seen Dark Matter After 100-Year Search

Dark Matter May Have Finally Been Detected in Our Galaxy's Glow

A strange, never-before-seen glow in the halo of our galaxy may be the strongest dark-matter breadcrumb yet.

Controversial New Study Points to the Most Promising Dark Matter Signal Yet

A researcher identified gamma ray emissions that appear to have originated from dark matter, but other physicists still aren’t convinced.

We might have just seen the first hints of dark matter

Unexplained gamma ray radiation coming from the edge of the Milky Way galaxy could be produced by self-annihilating dark matter particles – but the idea requires further investigation

Scientists have searched for dark matter for decades. One thinks he may have caught a glimpse.

Few things in the universe are as perplexing as dark matter — the invisible and exotic “stuff” that is thought to make up most of the matter in galaxies.The theory goes like this: To reconcile our current understanding of physics with what we observe in the cosmos, there must be massive amounts of matter that we can’t see. Scientists are sure that this “missing matter” exists because of the gravitational effects it exerts, but detecting it first…

Scientists have searched for dark matter for decades. One thinks he may have caught a glimpse.

Few things in the universe are as perplexing as dark matter — the invisible and exotic “stuff” that is thought to make up most of the matter in galaxies.

In a First for Humanity, Scientists May Have Finally Seen Dark Matter

For nearly a century, dark matter has lurked unseen, shaping galaxies while refusing to reveal itself. Now, new gamma-ray data from NASA’s Fermi Telescope may have caught its elusive signature. A University of Tokyo astronomer believes he has detected the exact high-energy photons predicted when hypothetical WIMP particles collide and annihilate—potentially giving humanity its first [...]