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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.

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High schoolers discover four exoplanets through mentorship program

Thick lithosphere casts doubt on plate tectonics in Venus's geologically recent past

Two anti-viral enzymes transform pre-leukemia stem cells into leukemia

Mira's last journey: Exploring the dark universe

Purported phosphine on Venus more likely to be ordinary sulfur dioxide

How heavy is dark matter? Scientists radically narrow the potential mass range for the first time

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New galaxy sheds light on how stars form

The seven rocky planets of TRAPPIST-1 seem to have very similar compositions

Puzzling six-exoplanet system with rhythmic movement challenges theories of how planets form

When galaxies collide

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Solar system formation in two steps

Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet

Search for axions from nearby star Betelgeuse comes up empty

Saturn's tilt caused by its moons

Oldest carbonates in the solar system: Flensburg meteorite

Saturn's moon Titan: Largest sea is 1,000-feet deep

Much of Earth's nitrogen was locally sourced

Testing the waters: Analyzing different solid states of water on other planets and moons

Exploring the solar wind with a new view of small sun structures

Astronomers dissect the anatomy of planetary nebulae using Hubble Space Telescope images

Cosmic beasts and where to find them

Solar activity reconstructed over a millennium

A 'super-puff' planet like no other

Researchers rewind the clock to calculate age and site of supernova blast

X-Rays surrounding 'Magnificent 7' may be traces of sought-after particle

Astronomers document the rise and fall of a rarely observed stellar dance

Galaxies hit single, doubles, and triple (growing black holes)

Mapping our sun's backyard

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Doubling the number of known gravitational lenses

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Researchers perform largest-ever supersonic turbulence simulation

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Physicists get closer to examining the symmetries underlying our universe

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Quasar discovery sets new distance record

ALMA captures distant colliding galaxy dying out as it loses the ability to form stars

'Galaxy-sized' observatory sees potential hints of gravitational waves

Measurements of pulsar acceleration reveal Milky Way's dark side

Chandra X-ray Observatory studies extraordinary magnetar

Striped or spotted? Winds and jet streams found on the closest brown dwarf

Modern microbes provide window into ancient ocean

Remote sensing data sheds light on when and how asteroid Ryugu lost its water

Astronomers agree: Universe is nearly 14 billion years old