Willy Wonka is sensation-seeking, lacking remorse and guilt, impulsive, controlling, and predatory...oh wait, my bad, I was reading characteristics straight off the FBI's list of common serial ...

Two recent studies by Professor Stefano Profumo at the University of California, Santa Cruz, propose theories that attempt to answer one of the most fundamental open questions in modern physics: What ...

Two fresh ideas are giving scientists new ways to think about how the universe’s hidden mass came to be. Together, they paint a richer picture of dark matter’s origins and how we might still discover ...

Only a small part of the universe consists of visible matter. By far the largest part is invisible and consists of dark matter and dark energy. Very little is known about dark energy, but there are ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Thought to make up 85% of matter in the universe, dark matter is nonluminous and its nature is not well understood. While normal matter absorbs, reflects, and emits light, dark ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

A panel of physicists and astronomers will preview emerging theories and experiments aimed at solving the mystery of dark energy, an invisible force that dominates the universe, from 1:45 to 4:45 p.m.

An astronomical "conspiracy" about how stars and dark matter interact has been disproved by scientists. This debunked theory was originally suggested to explain why matter appears to decrease in ...

When we think of the Big Bang, we think loud, hot, and bright. But was it followed by a colder, darker shadow? Five-sixths of the universe seems to be made up of a mysterious substance called “dark ...

What is the point of the hivemind in Pluribus? So far, the show hasn’t offered much of an answer beyond simply “Hivemind good ...