Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile not only confirmed one of the greatest mysteries in the universe—it also ruled out ...

The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some ...

R esearchers have calculated one of the most precise estimates for the expansion rate of the universe today, and it turns out ...

"It means cleaning house, narrowing the viable paths forward, and no longer spending energy on what are evidently dead ends." ...

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

By Ben BRAKO For centuries, African spiritual philosophy was corralled at the margins of global thought—reduced by colonial ...

Some of the elements used by living systems are far more abundant in Cassiopeia A than we thought, hinting that some parts of our galaxy might be more suitable for life than others ...

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

A newly-detected spinning galaxy filament is reshaping our understanding of cosmic structure, gas flows, and the origins of ...

FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for ...