Physicists have determined that most of the universe is dark matter -- invisible to us but affecting the universe anyway. Could it exist in another dimension?
Levitating sensors are moving from science-fiction imagery to practical laboratory tools, promising a new generation of ...
“If this is correct, to the extent of my knowledge, it would mark the first time humanity has ‘seen’ dark matter. And it ...
A new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to ...
The blank horizontal bar is the galactic plane area, which was excluded from the analysis to avoid strong astrophysical ...
A new type of sensor that levitates dozens of glass microparticles could revolutionize the accuracy and efficiency of sensing ...
NASA's Fermi telescope may have detected the first direct hint of dark matter, observing an unusual gamma-ray glow near the ...
Astronomers have long puzzled over the cause of a mysterious “glow” of very high energy gamma radiation emanating from the centre of our galaxy. One possibility is that dark matter – the unknown ...
Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...
Particle physics continues to probe the most fundamental constituents of matter while dark matter research seeks to illuminate the unseen mass that permeates our Universe. Recent efforts have ...
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. There's an enormous controversy in astrophysics today over how quickly ...