Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was discovered on Sept. 10 by Ukrainian amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly. It has brightened ...

See Comet Lemmon shine in the skies over England in a new sunset portrait. Award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury has ...

Scientists suggest that dry ice on Mars may move and burrow beneath the surface, creating patterns similar to sandworms from Dune and shedding light on the planet’s changing landscape.

War and Peace” is a long, sprawling and boring novel about Napoleon’s invasion. But its true strength lies in other places.

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Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

Dark matter makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe. It neither emits nor absorbs light, making it invisible ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the theory that dark matter could be the source.

Detecting dark matter—the mysterious substance that holds galaxies together—is one of the greatest unsolved problems in ...

The beloved British fantasy writer Philip Pullman concludes his Book of Dust trilogy with Lyra Belacqua’s final adventure.

Physicists have tried so many different ways to find dark matter, but none has been successful. Now an unexpected contender has entered the arena - ordinary table sugar.

Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter - the invisible stuff thought to make up more than ...