Dark matter, although not visible, is believed to make up most of the total mass of the universe. One theory suggests that ...

But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a three-year study to set a ...

A graduate of the Philippine Science High School–Central Mindanao Campus (PSHS-CMC) recently earned two degrees from Yale University. The “Pisay” based in Lanao del Norte honored Nathan Wayne ...

A festinating new theory shifts focus from space to time, arguing the clock-ticking we take for granted is richer and weirder ...

Gravity can exist without mass.” It’s a statement that upends a century of astrophysical dogma and, for some, sounds as ...

The deviant behavior of a subatomic particle might point to undiscovered forms of matter and energy in the universe. Or it might not. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller reported on the last result ...

We have discovered legions of strange particles that seem to only have a ghostly existence inside materials. Even so, they are the basis of much modern technology - so are they actually real?

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...

Scientists at the University of Michigan have unlocked a long-standing mystery about quasicrystals exotic materials that straddle the line between the orderly structure of crystals and the chaos of ...

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