Named for the pioneering astrophysicist Vera C. Rubin, whose work confirmed the existence of dark matter, the Vera C. Rubin ...

Three photographers were able to capture the red sprite phenomenon, when lightning flashes above thunderstorms, in high ...

The century-old mystery of dark matter — the invisible glue thought to hold galaxies together — just got a modern clue.

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

For decades, astronomers have been vying to identify a source for a mysterious gamma-ray excess at the center of the Milky ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins may be closing in on dark matter’s elusive trail, uncovering a mysterious gamma ray glow at the ...

By analyzing the data from the HASH database, astronomers have conducted a comprehensive study of nearly 1,500 planetary ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

New research shows that dark matter has a different distribution in our galaxy than previously thought, and that advances ...