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Scientists discover how galaxies can exist without dark matter
When tiny galaxies collide with bigger ones, the bigger galaxies can strip the smaller galaxies of their dark matter which we can’t see.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 21, 2022


The true nature of dark matter and ordinary matter interactions
A new study suggests the existence of a direct interaction between the elementary particles that make up the dark matter and ordinary matter
Joseph Shavit
Feb 14, 2022


Have we detected dark energy? Scientists say it's a possibility
Unexplained results from the XENON1T experiment may have been caused by dark energy, and not the dark matter the experiment tried to detect.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 16, 2021


Scientists invent new dark matter detector using quantum ion crystals
Researchers can measure the vibrational excitation of the crystal — the flat plane moving up and down like the head of a drum.
Joshua Shavit
Aug 6, 2021
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