dark matter

Scientist says huge clumps of dark matter may lie just beyond the Moon

Posted in Science on 1st Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

The physicist predicts densities of up to 1 billion times greater than normal.

New 'stealth dark matter' theory may explain mystery of the universes missing mass

Posted in Science on 25th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new theory that may explain why dark matter has evaded direct detection in Earth-based experiments has been developed.

UCLA physicist tests theories of dark energy by mimicking the vacuum of space

Posted in Science on 23rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Dark energy causes galaxies to accelerate away from one another, and constitutes the majority of the universe's energy and mass.

Dark matter becomes less 'ghostly'

Posted in Science on 15th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller

Dark matter makes up 27% of the known Universe. For the first time, it may have been caught interacting with other dark matter in a cluster 1.4 billion light-years away.

Dark matter even darker than once thought

Posted in Science on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

The results show that dark matter interacts with itself even less than previously thought, and narrows down the options for what this mysterious substance might be.