Dark Matter May Enable Life to Thrive on Exoplanets

A team of investigators from the US Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) Center for Particle Astrophysics (CPA) says that dark matter is the most improbable ally that life has in its struggle to spread across the Universe. Two researchers say that the s... [ read more >> ]

Dark matter may be heating some exoplanets to the point where the latter could become capable of supporting liquid water on their surface

Image comment: Dark matter may be heating some exoplanets to the point where the latter could become capable of supporting liquid water on their surface
Image credits: NASA / WMAP Science Team

Dark matter may be heating some exoplanets to the point where the latter could become capable of supporting liquid water on their surface