But the Big Bang theory predicts that about 5% of the universe's contents should be atoms made of protons, neutrons and ...

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The FLAMINGO super simulation maps the universe from its earliest moments but finds galaxies cluster less than cosmological ...

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In collisions at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, hotter than the Sun’s core by a staggering margin, scientists have finally ...

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...

A simple explanation of dark matter and antimatter, how they differ, how scientists study them, and why both are important to understanding the universe.

Discovered in 2011 by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, TrEs-2b absorbs 99% of the light it is struck with and reflects only 1%, ...

Quadrantid meteors enter the atmosphere at 25 miles per second (90,000 mph) leaving streaks of light and color across the sky ...

Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit.

At the end of their lives, most satellites fall to their death. Many of the smaller ones, including most of those going up as ...