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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, ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

Explore big discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the universe. How big is the universe? Will it ever end? Why is so much of it made of mysterious dark matter and energy? See how ...

"Challenging long-held assumptions is essential to scientific progress." A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

The universe's expansion is accelerating due to dark energy. Star formation will eventually cease. Black holes will be the last remaining matter. The universe will eventually reach a state of maximum ...

Sometimes even being in a big city can be enough to make you feel small. But looking up into the empty vastness of space, the sheer size of the universe is almost impossible to comprehend. This ...

Back in the mid-1990s, cosmologists—who study the origin, composition and structure of the universe—were beginning to worry that they were facing a crisis. For starters, two astronomers had observed ...

How an innocent quest for scientific knowledge opened up a deadly can of worms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Neil deGrasse ...