Dark energy may be the most mysterious substance ever proposed, but many scientists are certain it exists. Why?

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The findings from the University of Sheffield relate to the possible relationship between dark matter, the mysterious, ...

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What if the universe didn’t begin with a bang–but with a memory? In Brahman: All This Whatsoever That Moves, debut author Krishnamurthy Ramakrishnan dismantles the Big Bang Theory’s dominance and ...

The transition into the immersive installation that follows feels almost theatrical—a desert at dusk materialises, stars ...

The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the ...

The earliest acoustic vibrations in the cosmos weren’t exactly sound – they travelled at half the speed of light and there ...

New research puts forward compelling new evidence that dark matter interacts with cosmic "ghost particles" called neutrinos.