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The Milky Way

Space

Dark matter might be harder to detect because it’s not from our galaxy

Two thirds of the dark matter in the area near the sun was sucked up when the Milky Way devoured another galaxy, and that might make it harder for us to detect

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sky artwork

Space

Mystery of the cosmic dawn: What’s eating the first starlight?

Features

Gamma rays from the sun are acting weird and nobody knows why

Space

Gamma rays from the sun are acting weird and nobody knows why

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Dark radiation may fix our broken understanding of the universe

Physics

Dark radiation may fix our broken understanding of the universe

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Mystery of neutrino masses may be explained by dark matter force

Physics

Mystery of neutrino masses may be explained by dark matter force

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DNA Artwork

Humans

Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

Features

We have found traces of the universe's first ever stars

Space

We have found traces of the universe's first ever stars

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A visualization of a supercomputer simulation of merging black holes sending out gravitational waves

Physics

Dark matter could be produced by twisted gravitational waves

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There could be entire stars and planets made out of dark matter

Space

There could be entire stars and planets made out of dark matter

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A gamma-ray burst

Space

Dark matter near black holes sends gamma rays from galaxy's core

An overabundance of gamma rays come from the centre of our galaxy. Dark matter annihilating near the edges of medium-sized black holes could be the source

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Physics

Mystery dark matter may be ordinary neutrons that have decayed

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Space

Ancient black holes ruled out as source of all dark matter

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Physics

Dark energy is mutating, with grave consequences for the cosmos

Features

Space

The usual way of hunting dark matter may be all wrong

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