In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

More than a decade ago, Marvel Studios confirmed it was building the Infinity Saga in the most unlikely place.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, finding that galaxies ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...

The title refers to the fact that the favoured theory of the Universe disagrees with some observations ... Reliable results estimated using the cosmic microwave background (remnant light from the ...

A strange glow at the heart of our galaxy might be the long-awaited sign of dark matter, the invisible force believed to ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins may be closing in on dark matter’s elusive trail, uncovering a mysterious gamma ray glow at the ...

It’s a cosmic puzzle piece that doesn’t seem to belong to any known set. We all know the Moon has a side that always faces away from us, but it turns out that far side might be hiding something ...

Scientists think they have finally found evidence for the existence of a cosmic object that has only existed in theory. Dark ...

Think of it this way: only around 10,000 decently sized meteorites slam into Earth per year. Meanwhile, the planet is ...

From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...