When you peer out into the depths of the cosmos, a mystery lies there, waiting. In a survey of the deep sky, most of the galaxies are seen rotating in the same direction. This is a problem. Under ...

A physicist argues that many mysteries start to clear up once you accept that there is just one thing — the universe itself. You and I and every blade of grass, every rock and every mote of dust, and ...

ESA’s Euclid mission aims to uncover the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, which together comprise the vast majority of the known universe. ESA’s Euclid mission aims to uncover the mysteries ...

The vast realm probed by radio astronomers is one invisible to the naked eye, and even most kinds of telescopes. Now, thanks to the latest advances in radio observatories, scientists are uncovering an ...

What just happened? Dark matter is that mysterious, invisible substance permeating the entire universe that binds stars, planets, galaxies and everything else together. This intangible cosmic web has ...

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mathematical evidence indicates that our universe is flat, but it could be infinitely big, as well. You can figure out if an object is flat with a ...

It will be a view unlike any other — completely invisible, exceptionally quiet and utterly transformative. Deep in the first moments of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos shook and rumbled. Those quakes ...

If the internet has proven anything over the past decade, it’s that extremely dedicated Minecraft players are capable of creating just about everything in the beloved video game. From depicting nearly ...

A YouTuber has posted a video where he built the entire universe inside of Minecraft in what may be the biggest effort ever made inside the game. The YouTuber ChrisDaCow posted the video on October 4 ...