Gravitational lensing often evokes images of a cosmic funhouse mirror: duplicated galaxies, dramatic arcs and distorted ...

The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the ...

Dark matter continues to confound us, so far defying every attempt to decipher it. According to a new study, clues may lurk ...

If gravity arises from entropy, scientists could unite Einstein's general relativity with the quantum realm while shedding ...

A mysterious phenomenon at the centre of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark matter. Dark matter, the mysterious form of unobserved matter which could make up 85% of the mass of ...

Dark Matter and Dark Energy make up 95% of the universe, yet they remain elusive, with no direct detection or universally accepted theoretical framework. New modelled data from the Dark Energy ...

This week we are joined by Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who discusses the "dark age" of modern science and provides an update on The Galileo Project.

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. Dark energy ...

A better understanding of type Ia supernovas could help solve the mystery of dark energy — the strange force that is causing the universe to expand at accelerating rates. That's because ...

There's a cosmic controversy brewing in the universe. It centres around the mysterious force known as "dark energy." This concept emerged from observations of distant supernovae that, in the late ...

The sheer amount of white dwarf explosions resulting from incidents like star collisions or star “cannibalism” may help to enlighten astrophysicists on dark energy and its potential role in the ...