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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.

Liftoff to the Red Planet!

NASA sun data helps new model predict big solar flares

NASA sun data helps new model predict big solar flares

August 2020: Planets & Perseids

Surprising number of exoplanets could host life

Surprising number of exoplanets could host life

Surprising number of exoplanets could host life

A Different View of the Mars Perseverance Launch

Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet successfully launched

Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet successfully launched

Mars Perseverance: Prepared for Launch to the Red Planet

Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large

Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large

Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large

Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large

Alaskan seismometers record the northern lights

Breakthrough method for predicting solar storms

Breakthrough method for predicting solar storms

Breakthrough method for predicting solar storms

Strange dismembered star cluster found at Galaxy's edge

Astronomers pinpoint the best place on Earth for a telescope: High on a frigid Antarctic plateau

How stony-iron meteorites form

Strange dismembered star cluster found at Galaxy's edge

Strange dismembered star cluster found at Galaxy's edge

Strange dismembered star cluster found at Galaxy's edge

Strange dismembered star cluster found at Galaxy's edge

Countdown to Mars

Astrophysicist investigates the possibility of life below the surface of Mars

Astrophysicist investigates the possibility of life below the surface of Mars

Astrophysicist investigates the possibility of life below the surface of Mars

Jezero Crater, Landing Site for the Mars Perseverance Rover

Unprecedented look into 'central engine' powering a solar flare

New approach refines the Hubble's constant and age of universe

New approach refines the Hubble's constant and age of universe

New approach refines the Hubble's constant and age of universe

Carrying a Telescope Aloft

Mammal cells could struggle to fight space germs

Mammal cells could struggle to fight space germs

An origin story for a family of oddball meteorites

Apollo 11 Aboard the USS Hornet

Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode

Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode

Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode

Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode

Spectacular ultraviolet flash may finally explain how white dwarfs explode

Hubble sees summertime on Saturn

Hubble sees summertime on Saturn

Comet NEOWISE Streaks Across the Sky Above Lone Pine Lake

First ever image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star captured by ESO telescope

First ever image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star captured by ESO telescope

First ever image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star captured by ESO telescope

Developing Technologies to Send Humans to Mars

New cosmic magnetic field structures discovered in galaxy NGC 4217

New cosmic magnetic field structures discovered in galaxy NGC 4217

New cosmic magnetic field structures discovered in galaxy NGC 4217

Magnetic field of a spiral galaxy

Magnetic field of a spiral galaxy

Magnetic field of a spiral galaxy

'Lost' world's rediscovery is step towards finding habitable planets

'Lost' world's rediscovery is step towards finding habitable planets

'Lost' world's rediscovery is step towards finding habitable planets

Apollo 11: Returning from the Moon

Scientists discover volcanoes on Venus are still active

Could mini-Neptunes be irradiated ocean planets?

Separating gamma-ray bursts: Students make critical breakthrough

New insight into the origin of water on Earth

Separating gamma-ray bursts: Students make critical breakthrough

Designing better asteroid explorers

In a first, astronomers watch a black hole's corona disappear, then reappear

In a first, astronomers watch a black hole's corona disappear, then reappear

In a first, astronomers watch a black hole's corona disappear, then reappear

In a first, astronomers watch a black hole's corona disappear, then reappear

Solar Orbiter's first images reveal 'campfires' on the Sun

Solar Orbiter's first images reveal 'campfires' on the Sun

How galaxies die: New insights into the quenching of star formation

How galaxies die: New insights into the quenching of star formation

How galaxies die: New insights into the quenching of star formation

Apollo 11 Launches into History

How galaxies die: New insights into the quenching of star formation

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An Orbital Partnership Is Born

New research of oldest light confirms age of the universe

New research of oldest light confirms age of the universe

New research of oldest light confirms age of the universe

Breakthrough in deciphering birth of supermassive black holes

Breakthrough in deciphering birth of supermassive black holes

Breakthrough in deciphering birth of supermassive black holes

Breakthrough in deciphering birth of supermassive black holes

Breakthrough in deciphering birth of supermassive black holes

Earth's Beauty from Above

Fleeting flash is most-distant optical afterglow from gamma-ray burst ever detected

Gemini Observatory's quick reflexes capture fleeting flash

Gemini Observatory's quick reflexes capture fleeting flash

Gemini Observatory's quick reflexes capture fleeting flash

Gemini Observatory's quick reflexes capture fleeting flash

Perseverance Rover Mated to Its Atlas V Rocket

Artificial intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive

Artificial intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive

Gigantic, red and full of spots

Gigantic, red and full of spots

Hubble Sees a Star Called HBC 672 and the Bat Shadow

Scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole

Scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole

Scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole

Scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole

Enormous 'superflare' detected on nearby star

Enormous 'superflare' detected on nearby star

Creating Psyche: Mission to an Asteroid

Researchers foresee linguistic issues during space travel

STS-135: Shuttle's Final Launch and the Beginning of a New Era

How colliding neutron stars could shed light on universal mysteries

How colliding neutron stars could shed light on universal mysteries

How colliding neutron stars could shed light on universal mysteries

How colliding neutron stars could shed light on universal mysteries

How colliding neutron stars could shed light on universal mysteries

Heat Shield Milestone Complete for First Orion Mission with Crew

Jupiter's Magnificent Swirling Clouds

New collection of stars, not born in our galaxy, discovered in Milky Way

The collective power of the solar system's dark, icy bodies

The cosmic commute towards star and planet formation

New collection of stars, not born in our galaxy, discovered in Milky Way

The cosmic commute towards star and planet formation

New collection of stars, not born in our galaxy, discovered in Milky Way

The collective power of the solar system's dark, icy bodies

The cosmic commute towards star and planet formation

White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe

White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe

White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe

White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe

White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe

Upgrading the Space Station Is All in a Day's Work

Scientific 'red flag' reveals new clues about our galaxy

Scientific 'red flag' reveals new clues about our galaxy

Scientific 'red flag' reveals new clues about our galaxy

Unprecedented ground-based discovery of 2 strongly interacting exoplanets

Unprecedented ground-based discovery of 2 strongly interacting exoplanets

Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster

New sequencing technology will help scientists decipher disease mechanisms

Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster

Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster

Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster

Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster

Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster

Beacon from the early universe

Beacon from the early universe

Higher concentration of metal in Moon's craters provides new insights to its origin

Beacon from the early universe

Higher concentration of metal in Moon's craters provides new insights to its origin

Beacon from the early universe

Beacon from the early universe

July 4, 1997: Sojourner Arrives on the Red Planet

A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator

A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator

First exposed planetary core discovered allows glimpse inside other worlds

First exposed planetary core discovered allows glimpse inside other worlds

A binary star as a cosmic particle accelerator

First exposed planetary core discovered allows glimpse inside other worlds

July 2020: Welcome Jupiter & Saturn

A Day's Work: Robert Behnken Updates Power Systems on the Station

Hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth

Hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth

Hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth

Hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth

Hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth

Hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth