Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich ...

“If you wanted to take a picture of the rocket as it flew past, you would have to take into account that the light from ...

Discovery: An international team has discovered a dark object in the distant universe that has one million times the mass of ...

Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.

As signs of autumn begin to creep in, as leaves fall from the trees and as the air gets colder, millions of households usher ...

Not often do astronomers come across a tear in the tissue of a galaxy a scab so big it might span one-fifth of the Milky Way.

No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp ...

A large grid structure stands solid in the centre of the room, each square outlined in black, inners filled with Italian ...

New technology that invites expressive, two-way communication between a person and the soft, flexible object they are holding ...

For over a century, the ocean has been the ultimate refuge for those who wished to disappear. From the U-boats of the first ...

When Walt Disney died in 1966, his creative vision did too. The studio that had produced the animated classics Snow White and ...

In hindsight, it seems almost childish to talk about major leaps in art and science because the advancements seem so obvious.