A new type of self-interacting dark matter could provide solutions to three very different cosmic puzzles, new research ...

Two fresh ideas are giving scientists new ways to think about how the universe’s hidden mass came to be. Together, they paint a richer picture of dark matter’s origins and how we might still discover ...

A good chunk of cosmology is riding on whether dark matter exists or not. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is ...

Scientists have introduced a new Big Bounce model that disputes the Big Bang, suggesting the universe may have cycled through earlier cosmic eras.

UC Santa Cruz physicist Stefano Profumo has put forward two imaginative but scientifically grounded theories that may help solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics: the origin of dark matter. In ...

A study by Dartmouth researchers proposes a new theory about the origin of dark matter, the mysterious and invisible substance thought to give the universe its shape and structure. The researchers ...