In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

Let's rewind the clock back…oh, I don't know, let's say a hundred years. It was 1917, and Einstein had just developed his general theory of relativity. It was a masterpiece, giving us our modern-day ...

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a glimpse of it. A University of Tokyo researcher analyzing ...

A new study casts doubt on the universe’s accelerating expansion, suggesting dark energy might be weakening over time.

A cosmological simulation study by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically revealed, for the first time, how the interaction ...

The mysterious force called Dark Energy, which helps the Universe to expand, might be changing in a way that challenges our ...

At a beachfront convention center in Cancún, Mexico, last December, Seshadri Nadathur presented a confidential growth chart of the universe. Seated in the audience, hundreds of his fellow scientists ...

“If this is correct, to the extent of my knowledge, it would mark the first time humanity has ‘seen’ dark matter. And it ...

Cosmology, the study of the universe's origin, evolution, and eventual fate, has made significant strides in recent years, particularly in understanding dark energy—a mysterious force believed to be ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration just dropped their first official data ...

A new study by MIT physicists proposes that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how ...