A good chunk of cosmology is riding on whether dark matter exists or not. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is ...

One of the best-performing models in cosmology is also one with the least physical rationale behind it. Columnist Leah Crane ...

Physicists at Brown University have proposed that the universe’s accelerating expansion may be stabilized by a hidden topological structure in space-time. Their model connects quantum gravity ...

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Stephen Hawking was Britain’s most famous modern-day scientist, a genius who dedicated his life to unlocking the secrets of ...

A new study links the universe’s expansion to quantum topology, suggesting that hidden mathematical structures may stabilize the cosmological constant in ways previously unrecognized.

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Our most massive satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), has been the center of a heated debate in the astrophysics community over the last few years. That debate centers on whether this ...

A long-standing cosmic mystery is beginning to yield new clues as researchers uncover a strikingly consistent pattern in the ...

The findings could more than double our current database of worlds that loop around binary star systems. But researchers need ...

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Researchers at the University of Maryland have demonstrated control of hydrogen’s nuclear spin using dry ice, potentially enabling affordable quantum applications and comet studies. On the same day, ...