Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...

UChicago physics Prof. Bonnie Fleming, who is also the chief research officer at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, is ...

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile not only confirmed one of the greatest mysteries in the universe—it also ruled out ...

It’s a powerful technique, but small uncertainties at each step can add up, something critics argue may be behind the Hubble ...

There's always a touch of melancholy when a chapter that has absorbed years of work comes to an end. In the case of the ...

A radical new theory begins with a central claim: consciousness is the fundamental field of reality; time, space, and matter ...

If findings are correct, astronomer Tomonori Totani told Newsweek, this may finally solve "the greatest mystery in cosmology.

Astronomer Michael R. Blanton will join the Carnegie Science Observatories as its 12th director, overseeing astronomical ...