Dark matter makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe. It neither emits nor absorbs light, making it invisible ...

Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter - the invisible stuff thought to make up more than ...

What is dark energy? Why does dark energy seem to be weakening? Is our universe part of a larger multiverse? What lies beyond the boundary of a black hole? The universe seems to be rotating, and if ...

Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven by an ...

For decades, the prevailing cosmological model has placed dark matter and dark energy at the center of our understanding of the universe’s structure and evolution. These invisible components were ...

According to the model, dark matter may have started as particles that were hot, light, massless, and fast. As the universe ...

A black hole is more than just a region of space where nothing escapes. It can also become a powerful cosmic engine. When matter spirals inward, falling into its grasp, the black hole doesn't just ...

An international group of more than 900 researchers studying the expansion of the universe presented their findings on Wednesday during the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit in Anaheim ...

Scientists are homing in on the nature of a mysterious force called dark energy, and nothing short of the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. The force is enormous — it makes up nearly 70% of ...

Dark energy, a mysterious force that scientists believe is behind the accelerated expansion of the universe, is weakening — which could result in the universe over the course of billions of years ...