Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

In the search for evidence of a ghostly particle called the "sterile" neutrino, the latest results from the MicroBooNE ...

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

This infrared view offers the clearest look yet at how dwarf galaxies merge, evolve, trade gas and ignite waves of new stars.

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

"Precision in these measurements is critical, as even subtle discrepancies could signal deviations from the model — ...

An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a ...

Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense ...