For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. In the late 1990s, two independent teams, the ...

For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the universe. However, a new study suggests they might not exist at all. Instead, what we perceive as dark ...

Almost 30 years ago, dark energy was proposed as the force responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. But for UC Davis mathematicians, the math didn't add up. Their new study ...

The proposed semiconductor-based design uses magnetic fields to catch dark matter particles.

In the search to understand how the universe came to be, a new theory is rewriting the script. Instead of one massive, fiery birth like the Big Bang, this idea suggests the cosmos has been growing in ...

As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark energy and cosmic phenomena that go “bang!” The telescope mount assembly ...

Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have proposed the existence of “dark dwarfs,” strange glowing objects potentially ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun an epic decade-long mission to create "the greatest cosmic movie ever made." ...

Dark centre? A simulated version of the Milky Way galaxy. (Courtesy: AIP/ A. Khalatyan) Astronomers have long puzzled over the cause of a mysterious “glow” of very high energy gamma radiation ...

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