Gravitational lensing often evokes images of a cosmic funhouse mirror: duplicated galaxies, dramatic arcs and distorted ...

Rolf Landauer showed that "information is physical" with every bit equivalent to a small amount of energy proportional to ...

The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the ...

Now, researchers have discovered a strange energy source at the center of our galaxy that could be linked to a different type ...

If gravity arises from entropy, scientists could unite Einstein's general relativity with the quantum realm while shedding ...

A strange energy source at the center of the Milky Way may be a new type of dark matter. Scientists found that hydrogen gas ...

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. Dark energy ...

A better understanding of type Ia supernovas could help solve the mystery of dark energy — the strange force that is causing the universe to expand at accelerating rates. That's because ...

A mysterious phenomenon at the centre of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark matter. Dark matter, the mysterious form of unobserved matter which could make up 85% of the mass of ...

There's a cosmic controversy brewing in the universe. It centres around the mysterious force known as "dark energy." This concept emerged from observations of distant supernovae that, in the late ...