Dark matter is more than five times as abundant as all the visible matter in the universe. So why can't we see any of it?

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." ...

Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights ...

Consider three big examples: the evidence for cosmic design in the fundamental laws and structure of the universe; the ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports simulates particle creation in an expanding universe using IBM quantum computers, ...

Dark energy and dark matter refers to the unseen energy and matter components of the Universe. Dark matter is invisible, non-baryonic matter hypothesized to explain phenomena including ...

How could such a tiny piece of matter have mattered so much? After all, as Mr. Tonelli suggests in the subtitle to his book, matter is a “magnificent illusion.” Mr. Tonelli bookends “Matter ...

However, the 3Rs have since evolved into the 5Rs, incorporating repair and rot alongside the original principles of reduce, reuse, and recycle. This expanded framework further emphasizes minimizing ...

"It marks an exciting step forward in our understanding of dark matter and the dynamics of the Milky Way." A perplexing "break" in a stream of stars around the Milky Way could be the result of ...