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What is Dark Matter Annihilation?

Ever wondered what happens when dark matter particles collide with each other? We call this dark matter annihilation. It’s an […]

Imagine a world where 85% of its mass is invisible. This isn’t from a sci-fi movie—it’s real in our universe,

What if most of the universe is made of something we can’t see or touch? That’s dark matter. Dark matter

Did you know that for every kilogram of stuff we can see, there are 5 kilograms of dark matter? This

Earth is 4.54 billion years old, our Sun will potentially explode in 5 billion years once it runs out of

Do you know we mapped 1.5 billion celestial objects in the Milky Way galaxy over 13 years? The VISTA telescope

When two black holes collide, they send ripples through space at the speed of light. We call these ripples gravitational

Did you know that for every five Sun-like stars in our Milky Way galaxy, there might be one Earth-like planet?

Imagine looking up at the night sky and think about the chance that what you see is just a small

In science, theories are generally the foundations of what we know today. We first theorize something and try to prove