"If we see the lampshade effect in action, it will tell us about what dark matter could be, which is exciting." Dark matter clumps could act as stellar lampshades, drifting between Earth and distant ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the stuff in the cosmos, but scientists have no idea what it is. Can you solve the case? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Scientists have discovered a lot about space, how it works and the things in it, but there are still loads of mysteries left to solve. Space is the vast expanse of the universe where energy and matter ...

The discovery could help scientists get closer to understanding the mysterious invisible matter that makes up the bulk of our universe. Scientists have recently uncovered compelling evidence of ...

Scientists in Virginia are looking for mysterious dark matter - and have turned to really old rocks. The substance, which makes up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, shapes and ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly. But there ...