The Hunt for Dark Matter Has a New, Surprising Target
Dark matter’s nature has long eluded scientists, but new theoretical and experimental advances are pointing to an unexpected…
New Physics Model Challenges the Big Bang Story We Thought We Knew
A new study challenges the widely accepted idea that the universe began with a rapid expansion known as…
New Class of Ancient Star System Discovered Hiding in Our Galaxy
A globular cluster (white concentration of stars) naturally emerges in the high-resolution EDGE simulations. These simulations also predict…
Universe’s First Magnetic Fields Were As Weak as Human Brain Waves
Magnetic fields in the infant Universe may have been incredibly faint, billions of times weaker than a fridge…
Astrophysicists Zero In on Source of Strange Gamma-Ray Signals
Artist’s impression of a MSP binary system. Credit: ESA & Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) Millisecond pulsar binaries…
Dark Matter “Wind” May Finally Be Detectable With New Superconducting Tech
Using the improved superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD), researchers are searching for very light dark matter. Credit: UZH…
These Strange Stars Could Reveal the True Nature of Dark Matter
A newly proposed type of stellar object, called a dark dwarf, may be hiding in the heart of…
The observable universe is just 5% of reality, 95% remains invisible!
Ordinary matter, also called baryonic matter, consists of protons, neutrons, and electrons. This is the material that emits…
JWST May Have Found the Universe’s First Pristine Galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope may have uncovered one of the Universe’s first galaxies, AMORE6, almost devoid of…
DESI Hints Dark Energy Isn’t What We Thought
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope…
Is the universe infinite? Scientists reveal how vast it really is..
One of the strongest indicators of this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint afterglow from the…
Observable universe is 93 billion light years wide but what’s beyond it? Here’s what we can’t see…
One of the most important pieces of evidence for this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint…