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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.

Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success

Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

Electron-eating neon causes star to collapse

Be An Astronaut

Optical telescopes obtain long-term monitoring results of flux variability in blazars

Scientists reveal photochemical rationale of SH(X)/H2S abundance ratios in interstellar medium

Warped space-time to help WFIRST find exoplanets

Study determines burst properties of the most recurring transient magnetar

NASA selects mission to study causes of giant solar particle storms

NASA selects mission to study causes of giant solar particle storms

ESA to conduct BepiColombo flyby amid coronavirus crisis

Unravelling the mystery of black holes: Scientists release stellar code to the public

Weighing in on the origin of heavy elements

Weighing in on the origin of heavy elements

Weighing in on the origin of heavy elements

A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars' water history

Shining light on sleeping cataclysmic binaries

A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars' water history

Shining light on sleeping cataclysmic binaries

A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars' water history

Image: Hubble hooks a one-arm galaxy

Making satellites safer: the search for new propellants

Celebrating NASA's Astronaut-Physicians

How will clouds obscure the view of exoplanet surfaces?

Astronomers observe high-redshift quasar PSO J006.1240+39.2219 with Subaru telescope

Space opera: New original songs add to the fun for space-loving music fans

Free-floating stars in the Milky Way's bulge

Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe's largest structures

Hubble Hooks a One-Arm Galaxy

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

Planetary defenders validate asteroid deflection code

New mission would provide a road map in the search for alien atmospheres

10.9 million names now aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover

Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe's largest structures

Holographic cosmological model and thermodynamics on the horizon of the universe

Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe's largest structures

Holographic cosmological model and thermodynamics on the horizon of the universe

Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe's largest structures

Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe's largest structures

Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe's largest structures

Holographic cosmological model and thermodynamics on the horizon of the universe

Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe's largest structures

Space Force launches its first mission with virus precautions

Looking for dark matter close to home

Looking for dark matter close to home

Looking for dark matter close to home

Looking for dark matter close to home

Looking for dark matter close to home

Paired with super telescopes, model Earths guide hunt for life

Paired with super telescopes, model Earths guide hunt for life

Paired with super telescopes, model Earths guide hunt for life

Paired with super telescopes, model Earths guide hunt for life

Earth's own evolution used as guide to hunt exoplanets

Astronaut conducts heart research on station with former colleague

Denman Glacier in East Antarctica

This powerful ion engine will be flying on NASA's DART mission to try and redirect an asteroid

Space science from home: Resources for children and adults

Revisiting decades-old Voyager 2 data, scientists find one more secret about Uranus

Space science from home: Resources for children and adults

Venezuelan communications satellite out of service

Supernova remnant W49B investigated with XMM-Newton

Tracking Methane Sources and Movement Around the Globe

Scientists develop inexpensive method to produce E-sail tethers

8 European spacecraft put in hibernation amid virus lockdown

Study supports contested 35-year-old predictions, shows that observable novae are just 'tip of the iceberg'

A new measurement of charge-exchange reaction helps to understand core-collapse supernovae

Image: Bennu in unprecedented detail

Searching for the first stars and galaxies

Astronaut Christina Koch Services a 3-D Biological Printer

Chinese astronomers detect gamma-ray emission from two star-forming galaxies

Solar system acquired current configuration not long after its formation

Time symmetry and the laws of physics

Supermassive black holes shortly after the Big Bang: How to seed them

Precision mirrors poised to improve sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors

Star formation project maps nearby interstellar clouds

Star formation project maps nearby interstellar clouds

Star formation project maps nearby interstellar clouds

Star formation project maps nearby interstellar clouds

Comet ATLAS may put on quite a show

NASA leadership assessing mission impacts of coronavirus

V2455 Cyg is a high amplitude Delta Scuti star, new observations suggest

Viewing Our Galactic Center

Scientists discover pulsating remains of a star in an eclipsing double star system

Scientists discover pulsating remains of a star in an eclipsing double star system

Curiosity Mars rover takes a new selfie before record climb

Expanding universe: We may be in a vast bubble

Expanding universe: We may be in a vast bubble

Expanding universe: We may be in a vast bubble

Expanding universe: We may be in a vast bubble

The strange orbits of 'Tatooine' planetary disks

Expanding universe: We may be in a vast bubble

The strange orbits of 'Tatooine' planetary disks

Expanding universe: We may be in a vast bubble

The strange orbits of 'Tatooine' planetary disks

Going stir crazy? Then train like an astronaut, mimic space

Solar energy tracker powers down after 17 years

Initial findings of artificial impact on asteroid Ryugu

Image: Hubble gazes at fluffy-looking galaxy

Celebrating Women at NASA: Aerospace Engineer Michelle Lynde

NASA suspends work on Moon rocket due to virus

NASA's Mars perseverance rover gets its sample handling system

On the origin of massive stars

On the origin of massive stars

On the origin of massive stars

On the origin of massive stars

On the origin of massive stars

On the origin of massive stars

Team discovers quasar tsunamis capable of preventing stars from forming

Chandra data tests 'theory of everything'

Remembering Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden

The strange orbits of 'Tatooine' planetary disks

Iron is everywhere in Earth's vicinity, suggest two decades of Cluster data

Small robots practice scouting skills for future moon mission

Dark matter and massive galaxies

Ticking cosmic clocks reveal the evolution of stars over millions of years

Astronomers determine chemical composition of a nearby stellar stream

ESA Mission Control adjusts to coronavirus conditions

Merger between two stars led to blue supergiant, iconic supernova

Image: The southern hemisphere of Jupiter

SpaceX plans first manned flight to space station in May

New telescope design could capture distant celestial objects with unprecedented detail

Frozen-planet states in exotic helium atoms

Black hole team discovers path to razor-sharp black hole images

Frozen-planet states in exotic helium atoms

Black hole team discovers path to razor-sharp black hole images

New telescope design could capture distant celestial objects with unprecedented detail

Black hole team discovers path to razor-sharp black hole images

Frozen-planet states in exotic helium atoms

Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88

Research team discovers path to razor-sharp black hole images

Alligators and Rockets: Sharing the Kennedy Space Center

On the origin of massive stars

Image: Space foam already bubbling as planned

Growing stem cells for deep space exploration

Mercury's 400 C heat may help it make its own ice

Mercury's 400 C heat may help it make its own ice

Waves in thin air with broad effects

Jupiter's red spot thickness remains steady as surface area decreases

Reimagining our solar system's protective bubble, the heliosphere

Reimagining our solar system's protective bubble, the heliosphere

Subsurface Mercury: Window to ancient, possibly habitable, volatile-rich materials

Asteroid Ryugu likely link in planetary formation

Observations unveil the nature of chemically peculiar star HD 63401

NASA selects proposals to study volatile stars, galaxies, cosmic collisions

Test Version of Orion Capsule Recovered in the Pacific Ocean

The mission to build a reusable launcher for Europe

Scientists discover pulsating remains of a star in an eclipsing double star system

Next Space Station Crew Takes a Break From Training

Image: Tests complete for Orion

Image: Hubble investigates hungry galaxy

A new theory of magnetar formation

Binary evolution of the millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4–3658 investigated by researchers

Earth's mantle, not its core, may have generated planet's early magnetic field

Mercury's 400 C heat may help it make its own ice

What can you do with spiral graph? Help understand how galaxies evolve

What can you do with spiral graph? Help understand how galaxies evolve

What can you do with spiral graph? Help understand how galaxies evolve

What can you do with spiral graph? Help understand how galaxies evolve

What can you do with spiral graph? Help understand how galaxies evolve

European Gateway experiment will monitor radiation in deep space

Astrophysicists wear 3-D glasses to watch quasars

HaloSat offers galactic X-ray measurements on shoestring budget

Michun North: My Everyday Extraordinary Is Helping Launch America into Space

Researchers find gravitational wave candidates from binary black hole mergers in public LIGO/Virgo data

Puzzle about nitrogen solved thanks to cometary analogs

Puzzle about nitrogen solved thanks to cometary analogs

Turbulent convection at the heart of stellar activity

New type of pulsating star discovered

New type of pulsating star discovered

New type of pulsating star discovered

Producing human tissue in space

Pioneering user facility to add magic number factory

ExoMars to take off for the red planet in 2022

Apollo 9 Takes the Lunar Module for a Test Drive

India's Chandrayaan 2 is creating the highest-resolution map we have of the moon

Researchers find new minor planets beyond Neptune

New minor planets found beyond Neptune

Exoplanet where it rains iron discovered

Exoplanet where it rains iron discovered

Exoplanet where it rains iron discovered

Very Large Telescope observes exoplanet where it rains iron

A Slice of Polar Layer Cake

Organic molecules discovered by Curiosity Rover consistent with early life on Mars

Study determines fundamental parameters of four open clusters

Astronomers pinpoint rare binary brown dwarf

Astronomers pinpoint rare binary brown dwarf

The axion solves three mysteries of the universe

Astronomers use slime mold model to reveal dark threads of the cosmic web

The axion solves three mysteries of the universe

Astronomers use slime mold model to reveal dark threads of the cosmic web

The axion solves three mysteries of the universe

Astronomers use slime mold model to reveal dark threads of the cosmic web

Astronomers use slime mold model to reveal dark threads of the cosmic web

The axion solves three mysteries of the universe

Astronomers use slime mold model to reveal dark threads of the cosmic web

Astronomers use slime mold model to reveal dark threads of the cosmic web

The axion solves three mysteries of the universe

Docking, rendezvous and Newton's third law – the challenge of servicing satellites in space

Every part of Blue Origin's new Glenn rocket is gigantic, including its nose cone

Neutron star with measured at 11 kilometers radius

Image of a Supermoon

Radio galaxy NGC 3894 investigated with Fermi

How the moon formed: New research sheds light on what happened

Solved: The mystery of the expansion of the universe

New technique could elucidate earliest stages of planet's life

Image: The foam-coarsening experiment aboard the ISS

Elon Musk dismisses astronomy concerns over Starlink network

Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation

Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation

Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation

Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation

Discovery points to origin of mysterious ultraviolet radiation

Ancient shell shows days were half-hour shorter 70 million years ago

SpaceX's Dragon Launches to Space Station

'Strange' glimpse into neutron stars and symmetry violation

'Strange' glimpse into neutron stars and symmetry violation

Turbulent convection at the heart of stellar activity

Astronomers pinpoint rare binary brown dwarf

New type of pulsating star discovered

Safety zone saves giant moons from fatal plunge

Safety zone saves giant moons from fatal plunge

Safety zone saves giant moons from fatal plunge

SpaceX's 20th station shipment arrives with candy, science

Astronomers identify nearly 3,000 candidate stars of a nearby star-forming galaxy

Image: Hubble spies galactic traffic jam

Safety zone saves giant moons from fatal plunge

Astronomers report most distant blazar ever observed

Cosmic impact caused destruction of one of world's earliest human settlements

Is life a game of chance?

Impact of satellite constellations on astronomical observations

Is life a game of chance?

Is life a game of chance?

Celebrating the Life of Katherine Johnson

Boeing hit with 61 safety fixes for astronaut capsule

Lunar lasers and cosmic crops: NASA funds UArizona space exploration missions

First official names given to features on asteroid Bennu

Dimming Betelgeuse likely isn't cold, just dusty

Dimming Betelgeuse likely isn't cold, just dusty

Dimming Betelgeuse likely isn't cold, just dusty, new study shows