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  • Odd Galaxy With No Trace Of Dark Matter Baffles Astronomers
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    Dark matter is theorized to hold sparse galaxies together, but what is going on with this weird galaxy?
  • New Dark Matter Map Reveals Hidden 'Bridges' Connecting Nearby Galaxies
    The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda
    In a first, a map has been created showing the dark matter connections between galaxies
  • 3 Common Ways You're Wearing Face Masks Incorrectly
    Keep calm and protect your friends
    Just wearing a mask isn't enough; it needs to be worn right.
  • New Study Uncovers Potential Origin Of Dark Matter
    stars
    If it's a new particle then there's a good chance that we could actually detect it.
  • Astrophysicists Have Measured The Total Amount Of Matter In The Universe
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    By combining their measurement with those from the other teams that used different techniques, they were able to determine a best-combined value.
  • Physicist Who Discovered 'Fermi Bubbles' Receives $100,000 Funding From Tech Billionaires
    Andromeda Galaxy
    The prize money is donated by a group of tech billionaires including Jack Ma and Mark Zuckerberg.
  • Hubble Images Reveal Missing Ingredient In Current Dark Matter Theories
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    Dark matter has gotten more mysterious than ever.
  • The X17 factor: a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery
    This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the distribution of dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 1689
    A team of scientists in Hungary recently published a paper that hints at the existence of a previously unknown subatomic particle. The team first reported finding traces of the particle in 2016, and they now report more traces in a different experiment.
  • New Techniques Improves Search For Dark Matter
    Still unseen
    Tomorrow (Oct. 31) is "Dark Matter Day," and while this esoteric event will matter only to scientists and the science-minded, it does focus more attention on the unknown stuff that comprises 85 percent of the total mass of the known Universe.