Astronomers Find Mystery Dark Object in Distant Universe

Andy Fell — October 09, 2025 - 2:40pm

Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe. Finding more such objects and understanding their nature could rule out some theories about the nature of dark matter, the mystery substance that makes up about a quarter of the universe. The work is described in two papers published Oct. 9 in Nature Astronomy and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Astronomers Measure Universe Expansion, Get Hints of ‘New Physics’

Andy Fell — January 26, 2017 - 5:01pm

Astronomers have just made a new measurement of the Hubble constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding, and it doesn’t quite line up with a different estimate of the same number. That discrepancy could hint at “new physics” beyond the standard model of cosmology, according to the team, which includes physicists from the ɫ��ɫ, that made the observation.

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Astronomers Find Mystery Dark Object in Distant Universe

Astronomers Measure Universe Expansion, Get Hints of ‘New Physics’