I/ATLAS has caused quite a stir over the last year, inviting astronomers to update what they know about other solar systems ...

An artist's impression of gravitational waves (red and blue) emitted by a merging pair of black holes, inside a cloud of dark ...

Black holes could reveal the presence of dark matter in their immediate vicinity through their gravitational waves.

New research suggests dark matter could leave a tiny but discernible imprint in the cacophony of ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that ring through the cosmos whe ...

Mathematicians are challenging the idea that dark energy is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. In a ...

Modern cosmology assumes dark matter exists. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is the answer—and what if we're wrong?

When an invisible entity making up 85% of the universe's mass stumps the greatest scientific minds of our time, awe is an understandable response.

From Antarctic deserts to the human gut, scientists are uncovering hidden microbial worlds that could reshape medicine, ...

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