Nasa’s new space telescope will tackle some of the universe’s biggest mysteries
The Nancy Grace Roman telescope will probe dark energy and discover exoplanets.
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How Philip Pullman’s dark literary material shed light on science and religion
Both systems are dangerous in the wrong hands.
Dark side of the universe detected
Part of the invisible dark matter skeleton of the universe has been directly detected where more than half of all matter…
Cosmology is in crisis – but not for the reason you may think
Confirmation bias, the psychological effect that makes people unconsciously interpret information to confirm their beliefs, is a big threat to cosmology.
20 billion galaxies: new survey of the sky will reveal the universe in unprecedented detail
The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes.
How physicists used antimatter, supercomputers and giant magnets to solve a 20‑year‑old mystery
New results resolve the long-standing anomaly of the muon’s magnetic moment – and may offer hints about the nature of dark matter.
RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease
Researchers are embarking on the RNA equivalent of the Human Genome Project, including sequencing all the chemical modifications that make cells unique.
Black holes may be the source of mysterious dark energy that makes up most of the universe
Astronomers have found that mysterious dark energy may originate in black holes.
Why is the universe ripping itself apart? A new study of exploding stars shows dark energy may be more complicated than we thought
After a decade studying thousands of supernovae, astronomers are still perplexed by the enigma that led Einstein to his ‘greatest mistake’.
Mysterious blobs in our Milky Way could be part of the missing matter
Astronomers think they may have found evidence within our galaxy of some of the missing matter thought to make up our universe.
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