By studying faint distortions in galaxy shapes across a vast region of sky, scientists probed the hidden structure of the universe. In the standard picture of the universe, nearly everything is hidden ...

When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents ...

In a new study published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics, scientists have unveiled a new mapping of the universe’s ...

Astronomers are closing in on a result so statistically secure that, in their language, it borders on certainty: a 99.9999999 ...

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Mathematics and physics share a close, reciprocal relationship. Mathematics offers the language and tools to describe physical phenomena, while physics drives the development of new mathematical ideas ...

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

(THE CONVERSATION) About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Published in 1915, and already widely ...

Dark matter and gas in the universe. There may be more dark matter than we think. Credit: Illustris, CC BY-SA No matter how elegant your theory is, experimental data will have the last word.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. About a century ago, scientists were struggling to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) When you look at your ...