The universe is vast, mysterious, and full of phenomena that continue to baffle scientists and researchers alike. While we’ve ...

The evolving cosmos. Dark energy and dark matter are two of the universe's most puzzling components. Together they make up roughly 95% of the cosmos, but because they do not interact with light ...

For centuries, people have looked to the stars, asking how it all began—and how it might end. Now, thanks to a bold new study ...

This article appears in the November 25, 2017 issue of Science News with the headline, “Adventures in Lumpy Space: Simulating the universe using Einstein’s theory of gravity may solve cosmic ...

Scientists observe CP violation in baryons, a key clue in understanding why matter dominates the universe over antimatter.

The Universe is a vast, twinkling enigma, teasing us with secrets that feel like they're just out of reach. Scientists at ...

When the universe first began about 13 billion years ago, all of the matter that eventually formed the galaxies, stars, and planets of today was flung around like paint splattering from a ...

At long last, all of the universe’s ordinary matter seems to be present and accounted for. Astronomers have taken a new census of matter in the universe by examining how bright flashes of radio ...

Scientists have discovered the most powerful blasts of energy in the known universe. Dubbed extreme nuclear transients, or ENTs, the cosmic explosions are unprecedented in their intensity.

Humans live in a universe; that is a fact. Up for debate, though, is whether that universe lives in a sea of other universes—a multiverse. The idea of a multiverse is the subject of much science ...

Along with Universe of Science, the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium also has older exhibits about the deep sea and insects open to the public. ...