The nature of dark matter is one of the leading mysteries in modern astronomy. In fact, the name "dark matter" is essentially a placeholder for something astronomers know is there but can't yet ...

Argonne’s Aurora exascale supercomputer brings powerful capabilities for research involving simulation, AI and data analysis. Researchers are using Aurora to carry out massive cosmological simulations ...

Black holes crashing together may be revealing clues about dark matter hidden across the universe. Physicists created a new model predicting how dark matter could subtly distort gravitational waves ...

Modern cosmology assumes dark matter exists. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is the answer—and what if we're wrong? Reading time 8 minutes A huge chunk of the universe is missing. It’s ...

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 ...