Modern cosmology has precisely measured the universe's properties, yet dark matter and dark energy remain profound mysteries.

For more than two decades, the standard model of cosmology has stood as a reliable guide to the universe. Known as Lambda ...

A theory holds that dark matter could be involved in a mirror universe and that runs backwards before the Big Bang.

Mysterious “dark dwarfs” may glow eternally by burning invisible dark matter — and spotting them could finally crack one of ...

Giant worlds beyond the Solar System could be the probe we need to figure out how dark matter manifests in the Universe.

A new theoretical study proposes a radical idea in the search for dark matter—using the surface of Ganymede, Jupiter’s ...

This new theory proposes that black holes could actually be tiny "bubbles". This involves the conversion of matter into dark ...

Dark matter, which makes up 80 percent of all matter in the universe, may have formed in the very short time before the big bang.

Dark matter is one of the biggest puzzles in science. Although it makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, it ...

Two exotic new theories suggest dark matter could be either made from tiny black holes or formed by Hawking radiation at the cosmic horizon.

The mysterious substance called dark matter is intrinsically invisible. It cannot be directly observed—rather, its presence ...

When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003 – sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being – many expected it would unlock the secrets of disease. But genetics explained only ...