Two recent studies speculate a natural emergence of the mysterious substance, offering ‘self-contained and calculable ...

Known as the Hubble tension, the issue arises from conflicting measurements of how fast the universe is expanding. Now, a new ...

Aug. 1 is Women Astronomers Day, highlighting the historical achievements of women in astronomy. The designation honors the ...

In this video, we step away from our usual explorations of scientific phenomena to present something different, a fictional ...

For more than two decades, amateur photographer Dale Carter has documented the physicists who come to the Black Hills for ...

S4, a $900-million cosmology experiment, would answer one of the greatest questions in physics. Instead it’s become another cautionary tale of pursuing big science amid shrinking budgets ...

Model considers two DM particles, one stable and one unstable, as well as a vector mediator similar to the photon but with mass, which would promote interaction with ordinary matter particles.

Celebrating Women Astronomers Day featuring women astrophysicists on the facultyAug. 1 is Women Astronomers Day, highlighting the historical ...

Amid simmering anxiety about the future of federally funded science, the U.S. government has quietly withdrawn support for ...

Speculative elements may not be necessary to explain the cosmos. A team of researchers, led by Raúl Jiménez, an ICREA scientist at the University of Barcelona’s Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB), ...

Physicists would dearly love to find new particles, but there's no sign of them in colliders like the LHC. Now we have found ...

A new theory promises to simplify our approach to the universe's earliest moments, but some cosmologists say further mathematical scrutiny is warranted.