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But axions, as they are called, could constitute most of the matter in our universe, forming the unseen skeletons of galaxies and chains of light that adorn the skies of astronomers. Confirmation ...

Phobos looks like the pupil of a googly eye against the warm glow of the sun. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a "googly eye" solar eclipse as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front ...

Stars are hot balls of gas and the Milky Way galaxy contains more than 100 billion of the up to one septillion stars the universe could contain. The Milky Way only produces around two or three new ...

Over the last century or so, science has homed in on an answer: the Big Bang. This describes how the Universe was born in a cataclysmic explosion almost 14 billion years ago. In a tiny fraction of ...

In a new photo book, The Universe in 100 Colors, science enthusiasts Tyler Thrasher and Terry Mudge take readers on a tour of color across scientific disciplines—from things most people will ...

If the hypothesis is borne out, it could help to solve a growing conundrum in cosmology. For years, astronomers have found that the universe appears to be expanding at different speeds depending ...

Many people are surprised when I tell them that it's often the very beautiful women who struggle to find lasting love. After all, we've been told that conventional beauty is the secret to ...

The CMB provides a window into the hot, dense conditions at the beginning of the universe. Penzias and Wilson were awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery. More recently ...