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The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the ...

Hints of impossibly bright, massive objects in the infant universe have forced astronomers to rethink how the first cosmic ...

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, interacting very weakly with ordinary ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of physics.

In this episode, welcome in Matt O’Dowd as the new host to rigorously take you through the mysteries of space, time, and the nature of reality. We’re starting off this new season with perhaps one of ...

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Fusion may have a dark side. A shadowy hypothetical process called “dark fusion” could be occurring throughout the cosmos, a new study suggests. The standard type of fusion occurs when two atomic ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Janet Babin: We all come to our work from different beginnings and have to ...

The universe is expanding, and that expansion is accelerating. But what is causing that to happen? The leading hypothesis is a repellent force that astrophysicists refer to as “dark energy,” which ...

Scientists talk about dark matter an awful lot for something they don’t actually understand very well. They say that it’s important — and that we wouldn’t have stars and galaxies without it — though ...