The Universe’s Expansion Rate Is Breaking Physics and JWST’s New Data Makes It Worse
New data confirms a puzzling rift in the universe's expansion rate.
New data confirms a puzzling rift in the universe's expansion rate.
New observations suggest that the universe’s oldest galaxies are brighter than expected. Here's why this may be a big deal.
Could elusive axions be gathering in dense clouds around neutron stars? Some scientists certainly think so.
Stars near the Milky Way's core may employ an exotic reaction involving dark matter to extended their lifetimes virtually indefinitely.
Scientists thought dark energy was constant. This groundbreaking study suggests otherwise.
Eye candy is just the first step.
Dark energy accounts for as much as 72% of the Universe's matter and energy content and drives the accelerating expansion ...
The Dark Energy Survey has delivered its first results providing one of the most detailed pictures of the Universe ever ...
84.4% of the matter in the universe is something that we don’t really understand yet.
Small-scale concentrations of dark matter produce lensing effects that are 10 times stronger than expected, a new study found.
Physicists have proposed a number of candidate particles to explain dark matter, but they were all hypothetical -- until now.
New Hubble study takes us one step closer to understanding the mysterious dark matter.
What's shocking is that even when he had a 'bad' idea, Einstein was still brilliant!
Two-thousand processors simulated more than 8 million universes and countless galaxies.
The wealth of newly discovered ancient galaxies suggests that scientists may have to refine their model of the universe.
Clumps of dark matter might be shooting through the Milky Way's stars.
Lone stars that roam through intergalactic space might one-day probe the nature of dark matter.
If proven right, this theory could be one of the most important developments in 21st-century physics.
And this could prove the perfect opportunity to identify the elusive form of matter.
In doing so, they've come up with evidence that might tell us what dark particles and forces might or might ...
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The findings might help piece together the evolution of the universe.
A new take on the whole 'twinkle twinkle' thing.
The elusive dark matter surprises us once again... this time by being absent.
It's an exciting time to be a scientist.
We thought the Milky Way was special. Now, scientists have found a glitch elsewhere which challenges established physics.
This map shows how a dark matter bridge connects galaxies together.
A dark galaxy that a Sith Lord would enjoy.
The findings could reveal the location of the missing matter of our universe.
Invisible dark matter continues to elude scientists
The image above is a timeline with each frame showcasing a stage in our Universe's evolution, from humble beginning to ...
Matter accounts for 31.7% of the mass-energy content of the universe, and 84.5% of the matter is dark matter. In ...
Astronomers have discovered a whopping 854 new ultra-dark galaxies which might have large quantities of the elusive dark matter, which ...
This is the first map in a series of maps that will be stitched together to form a grand picture ...
At the core of a newly found dwarf galaxy, astronomers discovered a mysterious source of gamma rays that may signal ...
Climate change is a threat to all life and vegetation here on Earth, but some places are worse off than ...
Based on latest evidence and calculations, our entire galaxy, the Milky Way, might be a a huge wormhole, stable and ...
A newly published study has revealed that dark matter is being swallowed up by dark energy, offering valuable data not only ...
The Illustris project took 5 years of software development and 3 months running on 8000 processors - but it sure was ...
Scientists have been analyzing high-energy gamma rays originating from the center of our galaxy and they've reported that there's a ...
Mysterious and elusive, dark matter has escaped scientists time and time again; yet confirming its existence is quintessential to current ...
Dark energy is the mysterious force that drives the Universe's expansion at an ever increased pace. Probing and understanding this ...
Bono of U2 recently let it be known that he was a student of astrophysics (yes, truly!). Upon meeting the ...
An extremely rare and small galaxy has just been reported by astronomers, which by all accounts can be considered the ...
Most certainly, one of the top goals in physics today is proving the existence of dark matter - the elusive ...
(c) NASA/ESA Hubble just never ceases to surprise. The latest astronomical find discovered using the ever resourceful space telescope is ...
Renowned physicist, famous for his study of black holes, galaxies and for authoring a popular book on the origin of the ...
Despite it makes up more than 85% of all matter in the Universe, dark matter, staying true to its name, ...
A $1.6 billion cosmic ray experiment on the International Space Station has come across evidence of antimatter in space, a remarkable ...
A new, probably significant discovery will be published in two weeks, the leader of a space-based particle physics experiment said ...