We have not been able to detect dark matter yet, even though there are many aspects of the universe that suggest the existence of invisible matter. In one new theory, it is possible that dark matter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study challenges the idea of an ever-expanding universe. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a ...

A team of cosmologists in China has introduced a mathematical framework that investigates two of the deepest mysteries in ...

Scientists have been gifted with a clearer picture of the expansion of the universe and dark energy, the mysterious force driving the acceleration of this expansion, than ever before. This comes ...

Gravitational waves could be responsible for the production of dark matter during the early phases of our universe's ...

Dark energy is the mysterious force that drives the expansion of the universe, and scientists have acquired something interesting. They have captured the clearest picture of the expansion of the ...

Dark matter makes up most of the mass in galaxies and galaxy clusters. In fact, scientists estimate that ordinary matter makes up only about 5% of the universe, while dark matter makes up about 27%.

Prescod-Weinstein, who is an agnostic-atheist and Jewish, cites Rubin’s gracious query as a factor in deciding to study a ...

Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven by an invisible force called dark energy. But new data suggest that this is ...