As physicists continue their struggle to find and explain the origin of dark matter, the approximately 80% of the matter in ...

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 ...

The Universe seems simpler than what current theories imagine. Recent observations, from vast cosmic expanses to the tiniest ...

We are the Universe trying to understand itself. How, and why, did we come to be? Why does the Universe take the shape it ...

The more exciting, transformative, and revolutionary a science result appears, especially coming out of nowhere, the more ...

Today, the dominant theoretical approach combines string theory, a powerful mathematical framework with no successful physical predictions as yet, and “cosmic inflation” — the idea that ...

It all started with a Big Bang – and now scientists are on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the birth of the universe.

as it would provide the missing piece of evidence predicted by cosmic inflation. Given the intrinsic weakness of the B-mode signal, precise calibration and detailed knowledge of the instruments are ...