The shape of the cosmos depends on a balance of two competing forces: the pull of gravity and the expansion driven by dark ...

Faint structures play a crucial role in cosmic development, and scientists are only just beginning to grasp their full extent and role in shaping the universe.

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.

Astronomers used James Webb Space Telescope data to determine the density of the universe's most mysterious "stuff." ...

A groundbreaking study from the University of York has proposed a revolutionary concept: dark matter, the elusive substance that makes up about 85% of the universe’s mass, might leave a colorful ...

For decades, the prevailing cosmological model has placed dark matter and dark energy at the center of our understanding of the universe’s structure and evolution. These invisible components were ...

This new map is not only the most detailed view of the universe’s invisible scaffolding to date, it also allows astronomers to look deeper into cosmic history. Reading time 3 minutes Dark matter—the ...

It's well established that the universe is expanding, but there's serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it's ...

So cosmologists feel confident in modelling the universe using the “maximally symmetric” description of space-time in Einstein’s theory of general relativity. This symmetric vision for the universe, ...