Dipangkar Dutta receives funding from US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. Imagine an epic video game with your favorite hero as a character. Another character is a ...

Gamma-ray halo at the Milky Way’s center matches predictions of dark-matter models The data, collected by NASA, shows an extended halo-shaped emission at around 20 gigaelectronvolts. For illustrative ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma Cluster of galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the universe — and where the effect of dark ...

Few things in the universe are as perplexing as dark matter — the invisible and exotic “stuff” that is thought to make up most of the matter in galaxies. The theory goes like this: To reconcile our ...

An unexplained glow that appears to emanate throughout the Milky Way’s outer regions could be our first hint of what dark matter is made of, but astronomers say it is too early to know for sure. Dark ...

The big picture: Matter 1.5 specifies how devices identify themselves, communicate, move, and manage energy, while leaving the layer above open for commercial differentiation and proprietary ...

It’s been a long time coming but security cameras are now part of the Matter smart home standard. The Connectivity Standards Alliance has just announced Matter 1.5, a major update to the platform that ...

The Connectivity Standards Alliance that counts Apple as a member today released Matter 1.5, the latest version of the cross-platform smart home standard. Matter 1.5 includes support for cameras, ...

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By rethinking gravity and cosmic timelines, it could rewrite our ...

Although we’re still searching for observational evidence of dark matter, scientists haven’t been able to account for about 15 percent of the regular matter in the universe with just stars, planets, ...

Matter 1.4 aims to increase efficiency and connectivity, thus enhancing interoperability and energy management for smart homes and electric vehicles. How Matter 1.4 improves compatibility and ...

The "Matter" standard arrived with a splash several years ago, full of promises to unite the smart home world and fix all (okay, not quite all) our problems. The protocol was formed from a consortium ...