After almost a century of speculation, proposals and searches for dark matter, physicists now know that it currently ...

This week, researchers formulated a new method to calculate the probability of generating intelligent life in the universe.

"Why do they have the same rotation? They must have a connection with each other — that would be a very strong question that ...

A new study suggests galaxies in the early universe appear much larger and brighter than expected, precisely as predicted by ...

The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would ...

The big cosmic joke of dark matter is that, although we can’t see it, it apparently makes up the vast majority of all the ...

Only later were axions suggested as a potential candidate for cold dark matter. They are actually now considered to be the most likely suspects in the dark matter case. "Axions are one of the ...

Dark matter is classified as "cold", "warm", or "hot" according to its velocity (more precisely, its free streaming length). Current models favor a cold dark matter scenario, in which structures ...

Recent research unlocks new clues that could radically change the world's understanding of the origin of dark matter.

How do you weigh one of the largest objects in the entire universe? Very carefully, according to new research. The cosmic web ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the stuff in the cosmos, but scientists have no idea what it is. Can you solve the case? Though Halloween will undoubtedly take the spotlight today, there's another ...