Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, interacting very weakly with ordinary ...

A new computational breakthrough is giving scientists a clearer view into how dark matter structures evolve. Dark matter has ...

A mysterious group called Georgians for Integrity has spent around $5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking ...

In addition, astrophysical observations had revealed that occasionally, white dwarfs would cool off way faster than expected.

Distance records are an excellent proxy for the state of the art in astronomy. Finding extremely faraway galaxies is hard. In ...

A new theoretical study suggests fusion reactors could do more than generate energy, they might also produce particles linked to dark matter. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say they have ...

Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging ...

Chris Impey has received funding from NASA, NSF, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Templeton Foundation. If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which ...

We may have seen the first hints of strange stars powered by dark matter. These so-called dark stars could explain several of the most mysterious objects in the universe, while also giving us hints ...