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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.

NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed

All about Ultima: New Horizons flyby target is unlike anything explored in space

All about Ultima: New Horizons flyby target is unlike anything explored in space

Tour January’s Sky: Eclipsed Moon & More

Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension

Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension

Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension

Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension

NASA spaceship closes in on distant world

A brief history of black holes

When you look up, how far back in time do you see?

Scientists model Mercury's glaciers

New research reveals how galaxies stay hot and bothered

Rings make Saturn shadier, bluer and less hazy in winter

Researchers investigate molecular gas emission from the galaxy NGC 3557

India to send three-person crew on landmark space mission

A virtual reality experience of being inside an exploded star

Mission accomplished for ESA's butane-propelled CubeSat

ESA sets clock by distant spinning stars

Nancy Grace Roman, involved with Hubble telescope, dies

New insights into pion condensation and the formation of neutron stars

Pluto explorer ushering in new year at more distant world

New source of very high energy gamma-ray emission detected in the neighborhood of the supernova remnant G24.7+0.6

After Pluto, New Horizons mission nears an object 'beyond the known world'

NASA spacecraft hurtles toward historic New Year's flyby

SpaceX launches Air Force's best GPS yet, ends banner year

NASA telescopes take a close look at the brightest comet of 2018

NASA telescopes take a close look at the brightest comet of 2018

Baby star's fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets

Baby star's fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets

Holiday asteroid imaged with NASA radar

The coolest experiment in the universe

NASA's InSight places first instrument on Mars

Baby star's fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets

Holiday asteroid imaged with NASA radar

The coolest experiment in the universe

NASA's InSight places first instrument on Mars

Baby star's fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets

Turbulence in exceptionally hot solar corona

Turbulence in exceptionally hot solar corona

Holiday asteroid imaged with NASA radar

A big space crash likely made Uranus lopsided

A big space crash likely made Uranus lopsided

Image: Hubble's cosmic holiday wreath

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8's Launch Into History

New Horizons scientists puzzled by lack of a 'light curve' from their Kuiper Belt flyby target

Earthrise, a photo that changed the world

Navigating NASA's first mission to the Trojan asteroids

Researcher captures rare radar images of Comet 46P/Wirtanen

Mars Express gets festive: A winter wonderland on Mars

To find life beyond Earth,"take off the blinkers," says U of T's Barbara Sherwood Lollar

In 1968, Apollo 8 realised the 2,000-year-old dream of a Roman philosopher

Remember the discovery of methane in the martian atmosphere? Now scientists can't find any evidence of it, at all

Winter solstice: The astronomy of Christmas

NASA's Webb Telescope wrapped in a mobile clean room

Latest step toward world's largest telescope that will observe 'first stars and galaxies ever formed'

Seeds of giant galaxies formed in the early universe

Baby star's fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets

Stellar corpse reveals clues to missing stardust

NASA telescopes take a close look at the brightest comet of 2018

Experiment sends engineered plants to ISS

Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter

Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter

Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter

Beyond the black hole singularity

Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter

Beyond the black hole singularity

Beyond the black hole singularity

Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter

Beyond the black hole singularity

Beyond the black hole singularity

Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter

Newly discovered adolescent star seen undergoing 'growth spurt'

Newly discovered adolescent star seen undergoing 'growth spurt'

Newly discovered adolescent star seen undergoing 'growth spurt'

Faint glow within galaxy clusters illuminates dark matter

ALMA gives passing comet its close-up

Station Crew Back on Earth After 197-Day Space Mission

InSight places first instrument on Mars

Comet hunters successfully observe Wirtanen with newly modernized instrument

ESA's solar-powered giant one year on

Mile-wide, potentially hazardous asteroid 2003 SD220 to swoosh by Earth on Saturday

Cosmic ray telescope launches from Antarctica

Sapphires and rubies in the sky

Self-driving rovers tested in Mars-like Morocco

Life on Mars: Will humans trash the planet like we have Earth?

Astronauts land from ISS stint marred by air leak, rocket failure

Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter's equator

Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter's equator

Sapphires and rubies in the sky

Sapphires and rubies in the sky

Sapphires and rubies in the sky

Queen guitarist Brian May releases tribute to NASA spacecraft

How does your garden grow in space?

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft and Falcon 9 Rocket

Proton scattering reveals the secrets of strongly-correlated proton-neutron pairs in atomic nuclei

Proton scattering reveals the secrets of strongly-correlated proton-neutron pairs in atomic nuclei

Getting a glimpse inside the moon

Getting a glimpse inside the moon

Nanosatellite imaging technology could revolutionize how we manage climate change

Lab study adds credence to life arriving on Earth from asteroids theory

BepiColombo's first routine firing in space

Astronomers discover nine new variable stars

Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter's equator

Physicists provide first model of moon's rotational dynamics, accounting for the solid inner core

NASA satellites spot young star in growth spurt

To the moon and back: Apollo 8 and the future of lunar exploration

Space telescope detects water in a number of asteroids

Image: Elf on the ISS

China warns US against 'weaponising' space

InSight engineers have made a Martian rock garden

Pence misses launch but treated to new SpaceX crew capsule

Launch of next generation GPS satellite postponed for 1 day

Testing the Space Launch System

NASA's 1st flight to moon, Apollo 8, marks 50th anniversary

Mystery of coronae around supermassive black holes deepens

Space telescope detects water in a number of asteroids

Mystery of coronae around supermassive black holes deepens

Fossil from the Big Bang discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory

Fossil from the Big Bang discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory

Fossil from the Big Bang discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory

Mystery of coronae around supermassive black holes deepens

Space telescope detects water in a number of asteroids

Fossil from the Big Bang discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory

Trump directs Pentagon to create 'Space Command'

Mystery of coronae around supermassive black holes deepens

The Saturn Nebula reveals its complexity

New Horizons spacecraft takes the inside course to Ultima Thule

New bright high-redshift quasar discovered using VISTA

MuSCAT2 to find Earth-like planets in the TESS era

Image: 115 years of flight

ESA paves way for new space transport services

Gaming with Galileo: New Android smartphone apps published

Rare relic is one of only three fossil clouds known in the universe

First private Israeli lunar mission will launch in February

Alien imposters: Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life

Narrowing the universe in the search for life

Saturn is losing its rings at 'worst-case-scenario' rate

Alien imposters: Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life

Narrowing the universe in the search for life

Narrowing the universe in the search for life

Narrowing the universe in the search for life

NASA research reveals Saturn is losing its rings at 'worst-case-scenario' rate

Saturn is losing its rings at 'worst-case-scenario' rate

Satellite data exposes looting of archaelogical sites

Alien imposters: Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life

Narrowing the universe in the search for life

Outer solar system experts find 'far out there' dwarf planet

Discovered: The most-distant solar system object ever observed

Discovered: The most-distant solar system object ever observed

Discovered: The most-distant solar system object ever observed

115 Years of Flight

Alien imposters: Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life

Israeli spacecraft gets special passenger before moon journey

Narrowing the universe in the search for life

Next-generation of GPS satellites are headed to space

Hubble goes deep

The life and death of a planetary system

A nuclear-powered 'tunnelbot' to search for life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa

Image: Giant black hole powers cosmic fountain

A new neptune-size exoplanet

December comet brings back Rosetta memories

See a passing comet this Sunday

NASA moves liquid hydrogen tank to Huntsville for testing

A young star caught forming like a planet

A young star caught forming like a planet

A young star caught forming like a planet

Giant Black Hole Powers Cosmic Fountain

Exactly how we would send our first laser-powered probe to Alpha Centauri

Video: Enjoying the Geminids from above and below

Actual image of a white dwarf feeding on material from a larger red giant 650 light years from Earth

Innovation increases observable volume of the universe by a factor of seven

A young star caught forming like a planet

Mars InSight lander seen in first images from space

Mars InSight lander seen in first images from space

Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators

Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators

Mars InSight lander seen in first images from space

Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators

Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators

Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators

Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators

Hubble finds far-away planet vanishing at record speed

Virgin Galactic rocket ship reaches space in test flight

Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer

Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer

After a 1.2 billion-mile journey, a reward: There is water on the asteroid Bennu

Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer

Preparing for discovery with NASA's Parker Solar Probe

NASA's Webb Telescope will provide census of fledgling stars in stellar nursery

An astronaut returns to Earth

Astronauts Anne McClain and Serena Auñón-Chancellor Work Aboard the Station

Living on Mars: Team to lead simulation facility mission

Four NASA-sponsored experiments set to launch on Virgin Galactic spacecraft

We have a Christmas comet: How to spot interplanetary comet 46P/Wirtanen

Photos from Japan space rovers show rocky asteroid surface

Large population of potential young planets found in distant planetary systems

Large population of potential young planets found in distant planetary systems

Large population of potential young planets found in distant planetary systems

Virgin Galactic aims to reach space soon with tourism rocket

Bose-Einstein condensates cannot currently detect gravitational waves

NASA's Juno mission halfway to Jupiter science

NASA's InSight takes its first selfie

Spirit of Apollo - 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8 at the Washington National Cathedral

The epoch of planet formation, times twenty

NASA's Juno mission halfway to Jupiter science

NASA's InSight takes its first selfie

The epoch of planet formation, times twenty

Juno mission halfway to Jupiter science

Astronomers find that dark matter dominates across cosmic time

Rosetta witnesses birth of baby bow shock around comet

Astronomers confirm extended atmosphere on accretion disk of X-ray binary

Periodic radio signal detected from the blazar J1043+2408

Image: ICESat-2 reveals profile of ice sheets

InSight Mars lander takes its first selfie

Russian spacewalkers take sample of mystery hole at space station

Spacewalking astronauts check site of capsule leak

Calibrating cosmic mile markers

Calibrating cosmic mile markers

Calibrating cosmic mile markers

Calibrating cosmic mile markers

ICESat-2 reveals profile of ice sheets, sea ice, forests

Calibrating cosmic mile markers

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

ICESat-2 Reveals Profile of Ice Sheets

Cosmonauts to examine mystery hole on ISS spacewalk

Researchers consider whether supernovae killed off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene

Calibrating cosmic mile markers

Australia is still listening to Voyager 2 as NASA confirms the probe is now in interstellar space

Geminids meteor shower: An astrophysicist on what to look out for

NASA's first look: Tiny asteroid is studded with boulders

OSIRIS-REx discovers water on asteroid, confirms Bennu as excellent mission target

Water found on asteroid, confirming Bennu as excellent mission target

Tiny droplets of early universe matter created

Tiny droplets of early universe matter created

Tiny droplets of early universe matter created

Viewing the Approach of SpaceX's Dragon to the Space Station

Solar activity research provides insight into sun's past, future

Evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres

NASA's Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space

Evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres

Solar activity research provides insight into sun's past, future

Evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres

NASA's Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space

Team finds evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres

Solar activity research provides insight into sun's past, future

NASA's Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space

Image: Dione and Rhea appear as one

Cataclysmic variable ES Ceti has an accretion disk, study suggests

SpaceX Christmas delivery arrives at space station

SpaceX Christmas delivery delayed by communication problem

Magnetic reconnection in space: Experiment and satellite sightings

Magnetic reconnection in space: Experiment and satellite sightings

NASA InSight lander 'hears' Martian winds

NASA's Mars InSight flexes its arm

Planetary defense: The Bennu experiment

NASA InSight lander 'hears' Martian winds

NASA's Mars InSight flexes its arm

Planetary defense: The Bennu experiment

China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing

InSight lander 'hears' Martian winds

Unknown treasure trove of planets found hiding in dust

Unknown treasure trove of planets found hiding in dust

Unknown treasure trove of planets found hiding in dust

Mice display altered immune system following spaceflight

Mice display altered immune system following spaceflight

Astronaut Anne McClain's First Voyage to the Space Station

Learning from lunar lights

Planetary defense: The Bennu experiment

NASA's Mars InSight flexes its arm

Water plumes on Europa: Tasting an extraterrestrial ocean