Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not ...

Dark matter is a real pain in the neck. The term dark matter itself refers to a hypothetical substance that seems to solely ...

"If we see the lampshade effect in action, it will tell us about what dark matter could be, which is exciting." ...

Because it doesn't interreact with light or electromagnetism, dark matter exists to us only through its influence on visible ...

Despite decades of searching, scientists still haven’t found the elusive substance that holds galaxies together: dark matter.

Angular momentum is a fundamental quantity in physics that describes the rotational motion of objects. In quantum physics, it ...

The object 9.1 billion light-years away, named FRB 20230521B, now holds the record for the most distant FRB ever recorded.

Scientists have never directly detected dark matter, but some wonder if one high-energy detection in 2023 could be a rare ...

Guided by fast radio bursts, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics have mapped how ordinary matter is distributed in the ...

Another clue about the whereabouts of the missing matter in the Universe has just emerged from amid the largest local cosmic ...

Takuzo Aida, Group Director at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), shows the sample of ocean-degradable plastic at the CEMS of Japanese research institution Riken in Wako, Saitama ...