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Dark matter mystery: Why there is no light yet after decades of search

Dark matter mystery: Why there is no light yet after decades of search

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In 1933, Swiss astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky was observing the Coma Cluster — a massive congregation of galaxies about 300 million light-years away — when he noticed something odd. The galaxies were swirling around each other far too fast. According to the visible matter in the cluster, they should have flown apart long ago. “There must […]

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Dark matter: An invisible glue that may not even exist

Dark matter: An invisible glue that may not even exist

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It has never been detected, only speculated. But scientists estimate that up to 85% of the matter in the universe could be made of what’s called dark matter. Scientists cannot define dark matter with any certainty, but that hasn’t stopped the search for it. Our largest and newest space-based telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope […]

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