Celestial objects known as dark dwarfs may be hiding at the center of our galaxy and could offer key clues to uncover the ...

Some of the faintest, coldest stars in the universe may be powered not by fusion—but by the annihilation of dark matter deep ...

In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics ...

Some faint stars may not burn with fusion but with dark matter itself. These "dark dwarfs" could be the long-awaited clue to ...

Among the most well-known dark matter candidates are the Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs)—very massive particles that interact very weakly with ordinary matter: they pass through ...

University of Utah researchers believe inflammation starts a months-long process that increases risk of aneurysm rupture.

The KATRIN experiment (short for Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino experiment) is no ordinary setup. It uses a highly radioactive gas called tritium, which undergoes beta decay, spitting out an electron and ...

Cosmic radiation occasionally contains enormous amounts of energy, but we don’t know why or where this radiation comes from.

Dark matter remains one of science's deepest mysteries. It makes up about 25% of our universe, yet scientists only observe ...

The Anglo-USA team behind the study named them dark dwarfs. Not because they are dark bodies—on the contrary—but because of ...

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In a chilled lab where temperatures drop close to absolute zero, a speck of magnet hovers in place. This tiny magnet, ...