#Dark_Matter

Joseph Shavit

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

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

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.

Joshua Shavit

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.