- Could you orbit a dark matter "object"? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6rsnjl/could_you_orbit_a_dark_matter_object/ 6 comments askscience
- Could dark matter be at the center of our sun? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727693.800-heart-of-darkness-could-explain-sun-mysteries.html 6 comments science
- 'Gravity portals' could morph dark matter into ordinary matter, astrophysicists propose https://www.space.com/gravity-portals-solve-dark-matter-gamma-ray-mystery 3 comments space
- New Supernova Could Nix Evidence of Dark Matter http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/05/does-a-new-type-of-supernova-negate-evidence-of-dark-matter.html 48 comments science
- Dark matter could meet its nemesis on Earth http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527493.900-dark-matter-could-meet-its-nemesis-on-earth.html?dcmp=otc-rss&nsref=online-news 4 comments science
- Dark Matter & Dark Energy: Could They Be the Same Thing? Possibly, according to new tests. http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/02/dark-matter-dar.html 22 comments science
- Galaxy clusters could be used as dark matter colliders to understand nature of invisible particles, say scientists https://phys.org/news/2024-07-galaxy-clusters-dark-colliders-nature.html 2 comments space
- Colliding neutron stars hint at new physics that could explain dark matter https://www.space.com/neutron-stars-collision-dark-matter-standard-model 7 comments space
- New study suggests supermassive black holes could form from dark matter https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/new-study-suggests-supermassive-black-holes-could-form-dark 4 comments science
- Testable theory suggests information has mass and could account for universe’s dark matter https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5126530 103 comments science
- Dark matter black holes could be destroying pulsars at the Milky Way’s center. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/physrevlett.113.191301 4 comments science
- Space-based dark matter detector could find 'anti- universe' http://www.reuters.com/article/idustre67o3th20100825 8 comments science
- An underground dark-matter experiment may have stumbled on the 'holy grail': a new particle that could upend the laws of physics https://www.businessinsider.com/dark-matter-experiment-possible-discovery-new-particle-physics-2020-6?fbclid=iwar0cbt3s7xkirxjrrkk4fjlb4anhdathjrenkzrsyztfkqryi4kpasngqz8 9 comments science
- Filament of Dark Matter between two clusters of galaxies? Could this mean Closed Universe and "Big Crunch"? http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v487/n7406/full/nature11224.html 100 comments science
- James Webb Space Telescope could target tiny bright galaxies to shine light on dark matter https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-tiny-bright-galaxies-dark-matter 11 comments space
- Are tiny black holes hiding within giant stars? Phenomenon could account for universe’s mysterious dark matter https://www.science.org/content/article/are-tiny-black-holes-hiding-within-giant-stars 25 comments space
- Researchers are using a sophisticated computer simulations to devise a test that could answer a burning question in astrophysics: is there really dark matter? Or does Newton's gravitational law need to be modified? https://www.uni-bonn.de/news/164-2018 21 comments space
- Dark matter may have been detected – streaming from sun’s core - The findings are tentative and could take several years to check, but if confirmed they would represent a dramatic advance in scientists’ understanding of the universe http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/16/dark-matter-detected-sun-axions 4 comments science
- A new way to 'hear' dark matter: Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas in a proposal that could revolutionise the search for the elusive dark matter. https://www.su.se/english/research/research-news/physicists-have-found-a-way-to-hear-dark-matter-1.457419 6 comments science
- Dark Matter Mystery May Soon Be Solved. The hiding spots for the particles making up dark matter are narrowing, and the answer to this cosmic mystery could come within the next three or four years, scientists say. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dark-matter-mystery 8 comments technology
- A "dark matter hurricane" called the S1 stream - the remnants of a shredded dwarf galaxy - is passing through our part of the Milky Way at 300 miles per second. In a new study, astronomers say it could be useful for detecting the mysterious matter. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/11/12/dark-matter-hurricane/#.w-ota3pkhty 13 comments science
- Neutrons could decay into dark matter, explaining their inconsistent lifetimes https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/physrevlett.120.191801 40 comments science
- Physicists have narrowed the mass range for hypothetical dark matter axions, If they exist, the subatomic particles could be the source of the universe’s elusive mass. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physicists-have-narrowed-the-mass-range-for-hypothetical-dark-matter-axions 5 comments science
- New theory could explain missing 95 percent of the Universe by coming dark matter and dark energy into fluid with 'negative mass' https://knowridge.com/2018/12/new-theory-could-explain-missing-95-percent-of-the-universe/ 14 comments science
- A new study suggests that dark matter could be accelerating the expansion of the universe if it exhibits some kind of magnetic force. https://newatlas.com/physics/magnetic-dark-matter-accelerating-universe-expansion/ 6 comments science
- Observing groups of galaxies, where dark matter naturally collides, could help scientists pinpoint what kind of particle makes up dark matter. https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/23/galaxy-clusters-dark-matter/ 3 comments science
- Neutron stars scanned for signals of dark matter turning into light. It's predicted that the intense magnetic field of a neutron star could convert dark matter into detectable photons. https://newatlas.com/physics/neutron-stars-dark-matter-axion/ 10 comments science
- What if we never find WIMP's or MaCHOs to explain dark matter? What else could possibly explain this looming physics mystery? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/79yyv3/what_if_we_never_find_wimps_or_machos_to_explain/ 6 comments askscience
- A new DNA-based detector could help scientists hunt for dark matter. https://astronomy.com/news/2021/06/dna-based-detector-helps-scientists-hunt-for-dark-matter 4 comments space
- Astronomers create largest map of the universe’s dark matter using artificial intelligence methods to analyze images of 100m galaxies and it could challenge Einstein’s theory of relativity. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/27/astronomers-create-largest-map-universe-dark-matter-einstein 15 comments science
- A virtual universe could help scientists find dark matter in the real universe. by building a virtual universe, scientists were able to zoom in on clumps of dark matter, known as dark matter halos in unprecedented detail. https://www.inverse.com/science/virtual-halos-of-dark-matter 22 comments science
- Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? The Solar System's periodic passage through a 'dark disk' on the galactic plane could trigger comet bombardments that would cause mass extinctions. http://www.nature.com/news/did-dark-matter-kill-the-dinosaurs-1.14839 11 comments space
- An international team of astronomers have found an unexpected link between mysterious 'dark matter' and the visible stars and gas in galaxies that could revolutionize our current understanding of gravity. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091022154644.htm 5 comments science
- Dark matter map reveals several previously undiscovered filamentary structures connecting galaxies. The map, developed using machine learning, could enable studies about the nature of dark matter as well as about the history and future of our local universe. https://science.psu.edu/news/jeong5-2021 20 comments science
- Ultralight bosons — hypothetical particles with masses less than a billionth the mass of an electron — could be responsible for the Universe’s dark matter. In new research, an international team of physicists searched for ultralight bosons using fast-spinning black holes. http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/ultralight-boson-rapidly-spinning-black-holes-09555.html 35 comments science
- Scientists are studying black holes that could have formed in the early universe, before stars & galaxies were born. Such primordial black holes (PBHs) could account for all or part of dark matter & some of the observed gravitational waves signals found in the center of our Galaxy & other galaxies. https://www.ipmu.jp/en/20201224-pbh-multiverse 11 comments science
- The collision of two intense light beams may produce detectable signatures of dark matter particles called axions. Axions—hypothetical particles that are much lighter than electrons—could hold the key to important physics puzzles, from the matter–antimatter asymmetry to the nature of dark matter. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v13/s59 3 comments science
- Hungarian physicists think they've discovered a 5th fundamental force of nature, adding to gravity, electromagnetism, and the weak and strong nuclear forces. If confirmed, some think the new force could move physics closer to a grand unified theory of the universe, or even help explain dark matter. https://astronomy.com/news/2020/03/the-fifth-force-what-is-it 101 comments space
- A cosmic gorilla effect could blind the detection of aliens, when we try to discover intelligent non-earthly signals, which perhaps manifest themselves in dimensions that escape our perception, such as the unknown dark matter and energy, suggests a new study published in journal Acta Astronautica. http://www.agenciasinc.es/en/news/a-cosmic-gorilla-effect-could-blind-the-detection-of-aliens 7 comments space
- Scientists have identified a sub-atomic particle that could have formed the "dark matter" in the Universe during the Big Bang. Nuclear physicists at the University of York are putting forward a new candidate for the mysterious matter—a particle they recently discovered called the d-star hexaquark. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6471/ab67e8 163 comments science