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You're getting warmer! Hot dark matter could refine cosmic game of hide and seek
By Robert Lea published
"Dark matter can be red hot when it is born, but still have time to cool down before galaxies begin to form."

Is dark matter made of mysterious 'ghost particles?' Galaxy clusters could hold the answer
By Robert Lea published
"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting stronger and stronger upper limits, so alternative scenarios have to be considered."

'It would be a fundamental breakthrough': Mysterious dark matter may interact with cosmic 'ghost particles'
By Robert Lea published
"If this interaction between dark matter and neutrinos is confirmed, it would be a fundamental breakthrough."

Dark matter may be made of pieces of giant, exotic objects — and astronomers think they know how to look for them
By Paul Sutter published
Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas.

James Webb Space Telescope could illuminate dark matter in a way scientists didn't realize
By Robert Lea published
Smooth filaments stretching for many light-years, seen by the powerful space telescope, could indicate what the right "recipe" is for dark matter.

When darkness shines: How dark stars could illuminate the early universe
By Alexey A. Petrov published
Dark stars are not exactly stars, and they are certainly not dark.

Scientists may have finally 'seen' dark matter for the 1st time
By Robert Lea published
The NASA gamma-ray spacecraft Fermi may have enabled scientists to "see" dark matter, the universe's most mysterious stuff, for the first time.
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