In the vast universe, galaxies rotate in ways that don’t make sense if only visible matter is considered. For almost a ...

The universe is vast and mysterious, with over 85% of its mass composed of an invisible substance known as dark matter.

Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama ...

Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo—a region of gravitationally bound matter that extends far ...

In the early universe, primordial black holes could acquire a "dark charge," giving them an unnaturally long lifetime, new ...

Dark spots on the skin are usually not a cause for concern, but some people may choose to get rid of them for cosmetic reasons through laser treatment, microdermabrasion, and other methods. Dark ...

Our current best theories of the universe suggest that dark energy is making it expand faster and faster, but new observations from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument suggest this mysterious for ...

Scientists are homing in on the nature of a mysterious force called dark energy, and nothing short of the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. The force is enormous — it makes up nearly 70 ...

The universe's contents include ordinary matter - stars, planets, gas, dust and all the familiar stuff on Earth - as well as dark matter and dark energy. Ordinary matter represents perhaps 5 per ...

The assumption of constant dark energy is baked into the widely accepted Lambda-CDM model of the universe. In this model, only 5% of the universe is made up of the ordinary matter we can see.

It is thought to account for around 70% of the universe's matter and energy. The mysterious "stuff" called dark matter makes up another 25%, and ordinary matter comprising stars, planets ...

The name dark energy was given to the phenomenon driving this acceleration, the effects of which seem to be partially offset by ordinary matter – and an also unknown thing called dark matter. The ...