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Dark Matter Mystery

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are continuing their search for dark matter, the elusive substance that makes up about 85% of the universe's mass. While no direct detection of dark matter particles has been made yet, experiments at the LHC and other facilities are narrowing down the possibilities and exploring new theories about the nature of dark matter. Solving the mystery of dark matter is one of the biggest challenges in modern astrophysics.

Naturally occurring 'batteries' fueled organic carbon synthesis on Mars

Naturally occurring 'batteries' fueled organic carbon synthesis on Mars

Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way

Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way

Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way

Naturally occurring 'batteries' fueled organic carbon synthesis on Mars

Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way

Hubble reveals a giant cosmic 'Bat Shadow'

Bose-Einstein condensate generated in space for the first time

Most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a black hole

Most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a black hole

Most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a black hole

Hotspot discovery proves Canadian astrophysicist's black hole theory

Timelapse shows twenty-five years in the life of one the most studied objects in astronomy: Supernova 1987a

Happy Birthday, Michael Collins!

NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope

Scary giant blue stars may unlock mysteries of stellar evolution

Image: Simulating the darkness of space

NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope

NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope

NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope

Russia blames rocket failure on technical malfunction

NASA's mission to Jupiter's Trojans given the green light for development

NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope

'Zombie' stars return from the dead

Goodbye Europe, hello Moon: European Module ships soon

Russia plans first manned launch to ISS after accident on December 3: agencies

Most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a black hole

Neil Armstrong's huge souvenir collection to be auctioned

Artificial intelligence bot trained to recognize galaxies

Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit for giant telescope

Kepler telescope dead after finding thousands of worlds

A New View of Our Starry Night

Atlanta: A launchpad for dreams

NASA will keep trying to contact stalled Mars rover Opportunity

Mars 2020 parachute is a 'go'

The coincidence between two overachieving NASA missions

Two high-redshift quasars discovered using OGLE

New instrument joins the hunt for Earth-like planets

The search for the source of a mysterious fast radio burst comes relatively close to home

Image: BepiColombo magnetometer boom deployed

Sharing life with the planets next door

First results from Lucky Spectroscopy, an equivalent technique to Lucky Imaging

Video: Preparing MetOp-C

Synchronized telescope dance puts limits on mysterious flashes in the sky

Synchronized telescope dance puts limits on mysterious flashes in the sky

Researchers use the Large Millimeter Telescope to observe a powerful molecular wind in an active spiral galaxy

Scientists refine the search for dark matter

NASA spacecraft sets record for closest approach to sun

Scientists refine the search for dark matter

Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy

Scientists refine the search for dark matter

Scientists refine the search for dark matter

Scientists refine the search for dark matter

Rare blue asteroid reveals itself during fly-by

Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy

Rare blue asteroid reveals itself during fly-by

Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy

Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy

Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy

John Glenn Returns to Space on the STS-95 Mission

Hubble Space Telescope working again after 3-week shutdown

Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy

Astrophysicists study asteroid 3200 Phaeton

Has a new dwarf galaxy been found hiding behind Andromeda?

Desert test drive for Mars rover controlled from 1,000 miles away

3C 17 is a member of a newly identified galaxy cluster, observations reveal

Rocky? Habitable? Sizing up a galaxy of planets

Image: Hubble sets sights on a galaxy with a bright heart

Image: Ancient cold front in Perseus

Light echos in the Eta Carinae Nebula

China, France launch satellite to study climate change

Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite launched from Japan

China's private satellite-carrying rocket fails after launch

How hibernators could help humans treat illness, conserve energy and get to Mars

How hibernators could help humans treat illness, conserve energy and get to Mars

New composite material that can cool itself down under extreme temperatures

Earth's dust cloud satellites confirmed

Earth's dust cloud satellites confirmed

It’s Valley Fog Season

The ghost of Cassiopeia

The growing space industry is scrambling to find workers—but it can't take foreigners

The ghost of Cassiopeia

The ghost of Cassiopeia

The ghost of Cassiopeia

Hayabusa2 team prepares for asteroid sample collection

Earth's dust cloud satellites confirmed

Mars Express keeps an eye on curious cloud

Some planetary systems just aren't into heavy metal

Some planetary systems just aren't into heavy metal

Astronomers confirm collision between two Milky Way satellite galaxies

Europe backs own space launchers amid growing competition

Hubble Captures the Ghost of Cassiopeia

Studying Pluto orbiter mission

Secret shared by comets and sand crabs

Studying Pluto orbiter mission

The ghost of Cassiopeia

Russian rocket puts satellite into orbit, 1st since failure

NASA's InSight will study Mars while standing still

New giant protocluster of galaxies discovered at high redshift

Astronomers find a universal correlation that could unify the study of star formation

The Big Bang–an eyewitness account

Image: Cheops in the Maxwell chamber

Q&A: Finding Earth-like exoplanets requires new space telescopes

Saturn's moon Dione covered by mysterious stripes

Team makes breakthroughs studying Pluto orbiter mission

The pirate of the southern skies

The pirate of the southern skies

Parker solar probe looks back at home

Parker Solar Probe Looks Back at Earth

A first 'snapshot' of the complete spectrum of neutrinos emitted by the sun

Crater from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs reveals how broken rocks can flow like liquid

Some planetary systems just aren't into heavy metal

Gravitational waves could soon accurately measure universe's expansion

Gravitational waves could soon accurately measure universe's expansion

Gravitational waves could soon accurately measure universe's expansion

Gravitational waves could soon accurately measure universe's expansion

The pirate of the southern skies

NASA's Juno mission detects Jupiter wave trains

This is how NASA releases almost a half-million gallons of water in 60 seconds

Astronomers spot signs of supermassive black hole mergers

Astronomers spot signs of supermassive black hole mergers

Astronomers spot signs of supermassive black hole mergers

Astronomers spot signs of supermassive black hole mergers

Electricity in Martian dust storms helps to form perchlorates

Dellingr: the little CubeSat that could

Image: Newborn stars blow bubbles in the Cat's Paw Nebula

Minerals of the world, unite!

Rare blue asteroid responsible for Geminid meteor shower reveals itself during fly-by

NASA's hobbled Hubble telescope is near normal again

Study provides new insight into why galaxies stop forming stars

New insight into why galaxies stop forming stars

New insight into why galaxies stop forming stars

Astronomers spot signs of supermassive black hole mergers

New insight into why galaxies stop forming stars

New insight into why galaxies stop forming stars

New insight into why galaxies stop forming stars

Trump's 'Space Force' to be built in stages by 2020

Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebula

ALMA maps Europa's temperature

Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebula

Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebula

Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat's Paw Nebula

Hubble moving closer to normal science operations

Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebula

Europa plume sites lack expected heat signatures

Sponges from Mars? Study suggests water on the red planet could support life

Plan developed to characterize and identify ocean worlds

Image: Cloudlets swarm around our local supermassive black hole

Student discovers slowest ever pulsar star

Russian physicists postulate the existence of dark matter-based Bose stars

NASA's First Image of Mars from a CubeSat

NASA's first image of Mars from a CubeSat

Gravitational waves could soon provide measure of universe's expansion

Mars: Oxygen-rich, life-supporting liquid water?

NASA's first image of Mars from a CubeSat

Mars likely to have enough oxygen to support life: study

Splashdown! Apollo 7 Returns Home

Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter

Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter

Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter

Scientist explores a better way to predict space weather

Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter

Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter

Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter

European-Japanese mission to investigate the smallest planet in the Solar System

HD 87240 is a chemically peculiar star with an overabundance of heavy elements, study suggests

How mission delays hurt young astronomers

NASA calls for instruments, technologies for delivery to the moon

Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter

Astronomers propose a new method for detecting black holes

Kes 75—Milky Way's youngest pulsar exposes secrets of star's demise

'Oumuamua one year later

Surprise finding: Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields

Surprise finding: Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields

Hubble Spies Glittering Star Cluster in Nearby Galaxy

School students identify sounds caused by solar storm

Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon

12-pound lunar meteorite sells for more than $600,000

New moon: China to launch lunar lighting in outer space

Europe, Japan ready spacecraft for 7-year journey to Mercury

Chandra and ALMA measure speed of sloshing gas in galaxy cluster

Image: Launching the Galileo mission

Superflares from young red dwarf stars imperil planets

Superflares from young red dwarf stars imperil planets

Superflares from young red dwarf stars imperil planets

Superflares from young red dwarf stars imperil planets

Astronomers catch red dwarf star in a superflare outburst

Launching the Galileo Mission

Astrophysicist contributed into international-team efforts on study Comet 29P

Would a Space Force mean the end of NASA?

BepiColombo: Two orbiters head to mercury

Blazar's brightness cycle confirmed by NASA's Fermi mission

How a group of school students discovered the sounds of solar storms

VIDEO: 5,000 robots merge to map the universe in 3-D

Mission control ready for Mercury

Bursting the clouds for better communication

Unprecedented look at electron: Size limit for undiscovered subatomic particles determined

Unprecedented look at electron: Size limit for undiscovered subatomic particles determined

Unprecedented look at electron: Size limit for undiscovered subatomic particles determined

NASA's Fermi mission energizes the sky with gamma-ray constellations

Double dust ring test could spot migrating planets

Startup plans to launch small satellites from Virginia coast

New study supports survival of microbes and organic compounds in space

Astronomers find a cosmic Titan in the early universe

Double dust ring test could spot migrating planets

Double dust ring test could spot migrating planets

Astronomers find a cosmic Titan in the early universe

Astronomers find a cosmic Titan in the early universe

Astronomers find a cosmic Titan in the early universe

Magnetic Fields May Be the Key to Black Hole Activity

Astronomers find a cosmic Titan in the early universe

Double dust ring test could spot migrating planets

Plant hormone makes space farming a possibility

School students identify sounds caused by solar storm

The Moon helps reveal secrets of the universe

Supermassive black holes and supercomputers

Supermassive black holes and supercomputers

Researchers investigate the peculiar radio source IC 1531

Award-winning algorithm takes search for habitable planets to the next level

Installing life support the hands-free way

Supermassive black holes and supercomputers

Supermassive black holes and supercomputers

Magnetic fields may be the key to black hole activity

Supermassive black holes and supercomputers

Plans for a modular Martian base that would provide its own radiation shielding

Supermassive black holes and supercomputers

Supermassive black holes and supercomputers

Researchers reveal the story of the oldest stars and galaxies, compiled from 20 years of simulating the early universe

All in the family: Kin of gravitational wave source discovered

All in the family: Kin of gravitational wave source discovered

NASA astronaut describes close call following failed launch

All in the family: Kin of gravitational wave source discovered

All in the family: Kin of gravitational wave source discovered

Satellite tech to create more effective, 'true' shark sanctuaries

Uncrewed Japanese Vehicle Delivers Supplies to the Space Station

'Concrete block on your chest': Russian cosmonaut recounts failed space launch

SwRI's Strofio will measure Mercury's 'exosphere'

New infrared telescope first to monitor entire northern sky

Missing gamma-ray blobs shed new light on dark matter, cosmic magnetism

Scientists to debate landing site for next Mars rover

How geology tells the story of evolutionary bottlenecks and life on Earth

NASA wants to send humans to Venus – here's why that's a brilliant idea

All in the family: Kin of gravitational wave source discovered

Jeff Bezos to invest more than $1 bn in Blue Origin in 2019

NASA X-ray Space Telescope back online after brief shutdown

Ellen Ochoa at Work on the Shuttle

The state of the early universe: The beginning was fluid

The state of the early universe: The beginning was fluid

The state of the early universe: The beginning was fluid

Giant planets around young star raise questions about how planets form

Giant planets around young star raise questions about how planets form