Size, weight of Universe`s most lightweight dwarf determined

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 11:12

UC Irvine scientists have measured the least massive galaxy in the known universe, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holding them together.

Quest for dark matter starts in form of tiny bubbles at Fermilab

Last Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 14:08

A group of physicists from Northwestern University have launched an unusual new experiment in an attempt to be the first to directly confirm the existence of dark matter.

New dark matter detector hears first particle pops

Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2013, 11:29

A new dark matter experiment has begun its search for the invisible particle, which astrophysicists think accounts for about a quarter of the matter and energy in the universe.

WIMP-like signal indicates first hint of mysterious dark matter

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 10:55

Researchers have for the first time observed a concrete hint of what physicists believe to be the particle behind dark matter and therefore nearly a quarter of the universe-a WIMP.

Scientists inch closer to unraveling dark matter

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 23:11

Scientist claimed that the $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station may have found the first significant hint of dark matter.

Big news about Dark Matter `coming very soon`

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 12:26

Scientists have revealed that big news in the search for dark matter may be coming in about two weeks.

Astronomers detect cosmic dark matter filament

Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 18:25

Astronomers have found direct evidence that the Universe is filled with a giant web-like structure of dark matter, arrayed in vast filaments between the galaxies.

Johns Hopkins astrophysicists to help solve universe`s `dark` mysteries

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 14:57

Brice Menard and Charles L. Bennett of Johns Hopkins will join the mission, led by The European Space Agency (ESA), which is scheduled to launch in 2020.

NASA joins probe to solve dark matter puzzle

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 17:15

NASA has teamed up with the European Space Agency to probe one of the most fundamental questions in modern cosmology - the existence of dark matter.

`Earth constantly crashes through dark matter walls`

Last Updated: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 19:33

Earth is constantly crashing through huge walls of dark matter, scientists claim adding that the universe may be filled with a patchwork quilt of force fields created shortly after the Big Bang.