For the first time, astronomers have detected dark matter hanging from massive filaments that stretch across the universe and form a "cosmic web" that trap galaxies like morning dew on a spiderweb.

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Researchers just detected dark matter on the cosmic web for the first time. Using a technique known as gravitational lensing ...

Dark matter is only indirectly observable through its gravitational interactions with matter. The cosmic web’s structure will become clearer through Euclid Space Telescope data. Euclid’s ...

The present-day structure of the cosmic web tells us about that evolution, and it is closely tied to the properties of normal matter, dark matter and dark energy. If you change any one of those ...

In order of abundance, the cosmic web is composed of dark matter, gas, and galaxies. Dark matter, which makes up about five-sixths of the mass, does not interact with light but dominates the ...

Results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that dark energy, a mysterious force in the universe, is ...

The new result contradicts previous dark matter maps that suggested the cosmic web — the gigantic network of crisscrossing celestial superhighways paved with hydrogen gas and dark matter that ...

Dark matter may have started as light-like particles that abruptly became heavy—a cosmic twist rooted in spin and ...

A computer simulation of a section of the universe with and without axions showing how the dark matter cosmic web structure is less clumpy if containing axions. For scale, the Milky Way galaxy ...

Though Halloween will undoubtedly take the spotlight today, there's another spooky event worth celebrating. Thursday (Oct. 31) marks this year's Dark Matter Day as well, a time during which ...