Ghost particles' can zoom through you without a trace. Scientists are getting to the bottom of this cosmic mystery ...

How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, ...

Such an exponential expansion may seem minor, but it is equivalent to a grape in the palm of your hand swelling to become ...

Theorists have found that a “warm” version of cosmic inflation is consistent with known physics, linking it to the hunt for ...

The particles that are in an atom: protons, neutrons and electrons The particles that are in protons and neutrons: quarks The four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and ...

Researchers have moved one step closer to solving one of science’s greatest mysteries—why the universe is filled with matter instead of nothing. Scientists at Indiana University have made a major ...

Scientists have detected complex organic ices around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking the first such ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...

According to the model, dark matter may have started as particles that were hot, light, massless, and fast. As the universe ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

If recent discoveries that dark energy is evolving hold any water, our Universe will collapse under its own gravity on a ...

Scientists from around the world are at Brown to discuss what is known, and what needs to be learned, about the long-sought particle discovered a decade ago.