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Massive 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself
By Robert Lea published
El Gordo is a massive collection of colliding galaxies 7 billion light-years away. Its odd behavior could suggest dark matter interacts with itself.

If the Big Bang created miniature black holes, where are they?
By Robert Lea published
Primordial black holes born from density fluctuations dating back to the Big Bang have been frustratingly elusive, but a new quantum clue has been discovered.

Scientists pick their favorite Euclid 'dark universe' telescope images: 'The best is still to come'
By Robert Lea published
The European Space Agency has now released ten images from its dark universe detective spacecraft, Euclid. We asked scientists from various fields to pick their favorite Euclid image thus far.

The future is bright for astronomy, and very expensive (op-ed)
By Chris Impey published
The universe is being revealed in exquisite detail with the current generation of large optical telescopes.

The Euclid 'dark universe detective' telescope has revealed new images of the cosmos — and they are remarkable
By Robert Lea last updated
A new set of images has been released from Europe's "dark universe detective" Euclid, and they show that the space telescope is set to change the game for astronomy.

Euclid 'dark universe' telescope team will unveil new full-color images today (May 23): How to watch live
By Robert Lea last updated
With the Euclid space telescope set to deliver a new batch of images on Thursday (May 23), we're looking back at the dark universe detective's achievements thus far.

Is dark matter's main rival theory dead? There's bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests
By Indranil Banik, Harry Desmond published
One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up.

Dusty galaxy looks like a cosmic net in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope photo
By Samantha Mathewson published
A striking new Hubble Telescope photo highlights the intricacies of a distant galaxy glowing with a bright white core surrounded by complex dust structures.

Giant 'rogue waves' of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints
By Paul Sutter published
New research shows how disruptions to binary star systems could be the key to detecting space's most confounding substance — dark matter.

Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy
By Henk Hoekstra published
Clumps of dark matter reveal their presence by distorting the shapes of more distant galaxies, just like waves on the surface of a swimming pool distort the pattern of tiles on the bottom.
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