A cosmological simulation study by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically revealed, for the first time, how the interaction ...

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

An artist’s concept of the dark energy-driven accelerating expansion of the universe. New results suggest dark energy’s influence on cosmic expansion has weakened over time. In 2024 a shockwave ...

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By rethinking gravity and cosmic timelines, it could rewrite our ...

Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have spotted the first hints that they are real ...

The universe has no shortage of mysteries, many of which have puzzled us for ages. One of the biggest is the existence of ...

In the search to understand how the universe came to be, a new theory is rewriting the script. Instead of one massive, fiery birth like the Big Bang, this idea suggests the cosmos has been growing in ...

David Weinberg receives funding from the National Science Foundation and NASA that supports his dark energy research. Ashley Ross receives funding from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to support his ...

Dark matter is a real pain in the neck. The term dark matter itself refers to a hypothetical substance that seems to solely interact with the rest of the universe via gravity and to serve as the ...

"Dark matter could be captured by stars and accumulate inside them. If that happens, it might also interact with itself and annihilate, releasing energy that heats the star." "Dark dwarfs" may sound ...

"If these results are confirmed, it would mark a major paradigm shift in cosmology since the discovery of dark energy 27 years ago." As if dark energy weren't already mysterious and baffling enough, ...