Dark matter, mysterious invisible stuff that makes up most of the mass of galaxies including our own Milky Way, is confounding scientists again, with new observations of distant galaxies conflicting ...

Exploring the four fundamental particles photon, electron, quark, and neutrino that make up everything in the universe.

Many scientists have rejected the fine-tuning argument. Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli described the idea that nothing would exist without fine-tuning as “intellectual arrogance and stupidity” and ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly every aspect of modern life.

A team of astronomers believe they may have found the most "pristine" star in the universe to date. According to the team, the gas that formed this star may have come from an elusive "population III" ...

Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, astrophysicists have spotted what they say is compelling evidence of a new type of cosmic object called a 'dark star.' ...

A new study predicts the Universe will stop expanding in 11 billion years and collapse in a "Big Crunch" around 20 billion years from now.

More than 13 billion years ago, before planets, before even most of the heavier elements that make them, the first stars ignited in the universe. They were immense, blazing hydrogen and helium spheres ...

Researchers analyze how long black hole, white dwarf and neutron stars take to decay to determine universe's age.

Galaxy rotation curves have been confounding astronomers for decades. Stars on the peripheries of galaxies rotate faster than visible matter can account for.

Physicist Rajendra Gupta proposes that dark matter and dark energy, believed to constitute 95% of the universe, could be illusions created by decaying fundamental forces.

Hilarious new characters, mind-boggling Science facts, and Sir Isaac Newton on terrifying rollercoasters. Science is about to get very Horrible indeed!