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 ...

Scientists have retreated to deep beneath the French Alps to broaden the hunt for dark matter particles that could be "WIMPier than WIMPS." ...

Albert Einstein created the theory that would dictate everything in physics. Over 115 later, what the German scientists ...

Dark matter could gather at the heart of Jupiter-sized worlds, eventually creating a black hole that eats its way out of its ...

These are exciting times to explore the largest unanswered questions in physics thanks to high-tech experiments and very ...

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

Dark energy and dark matter are two different things. Dark matter holds galaxies and other cosmic structures together, whereas the repulsive gravity of dark energy causes the expansion of the universe ...

If black holes are actually droplets of dark energy that convert stellar matter into this mysterious and dominant force, many "cosmic hiccups" could soon be cured.

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

Scientists’ model indicates that dark matter inside gas giants could collapse into black holes detectable by observation.

At MIT’s Formaggio Lab, Peña’s work may help researchers pinpoint the elusive particle’s mass—and refine the fundamental laws ...