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Illustration of supermassive black hole

Dark matter could explain earliest supermassive black holes

Dark matter decays could be the missing ingredient explaining how giant black holes formed before the first stars

By UCR News | April 15, 2026 | Science / Technology
LARC team

UCR physicist co-leads interdisciplinary center to enhance understanding of the universe

Research team includes astrophysicists, computer scientists, artists, and philosophers from UC Riverside, USC, and Carnegie Observatories

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 16, 2025 | Science / Technology
JWST-ER1g

Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescope

UC Riverside study offers an explanation for dark matter distribution in a massive quiescent galaxy

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 12, 2024 | Science / Technology
Gravitational len system

New dark matter theory explains two puzzles in astrophysics

Dark matter may be more vibrant than previously thought, UC Riverside study reports

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 6, 2023 | Science / Technology
Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers-2112

Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe

Research team, including a UC Riverside astronomer, made the discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope

By Iqbal Pittalwala | November 9, 2023 | Science / Technology
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