A mysterious substance rules the present-day universe. New research suggests that it may have been born even before our cosmos as we know it, and that if it does eventually leave the cosmic scene, it ...

As if dark energy weren't already mysterious and baffling enough, new research suggests that this unknown force may not be ...

Adam Riess won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for making a discovery that rocked the way scientists view the cosmos. By showing that the universe, fueled by a strange force known as dark energy, ...

New Delhi, Jun 22 (PTI) Dark matter pulls the universe and dark energy pushes, both mysteries that endure. And the discovery that a majority of the universe is made up of “stuff” that makes gravity ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Astronomers have used fast radio bursts (FRBs)— brief, bright radio signals from distant galaxies ...

The vast majority of matter is dark – invisible until it is detected only through its gravitational effects. The newly discovered object could be a clump of dark matter, or it could also be a compact, ...

This week, a Cretaceous-era trackway in Canada provides the first evidence of a dinosaur herd combining two species, scientists walked back on the claims that 10,000 is the optimal number of steps per ...