The search for dark matter has been largely unsuccessful so far. But now, scientists think they know where to look for it.

Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich tapestry of stars and galaxies we see in the night sky evolved. As a ...

The Dark Energy Survey is releasing to the public a massive collection of astronomical data and calibrated images collected over six years of scanning the southern skies. The release, which includes ...

The universe is expanding, and that expansion is accelerating, but exactly why and how that’s happening remains unknown. One hypothesis suggests that this expansion is driven by mysterious, black hole ...

Using a worldwide network of radio telescopes including the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, astronomers have discovered a mysterious object in the distant universe. A million times the mass of ...

Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas.

Driving at night might be a scary challenge for a new driver, but with hours of practice it soon becomes second nature. For self-driving cars, however, practice may not be enough because the lidar ...

The unmanned orbiting observatory launched by NASA on Monday promises to greatly enhance, and significantly change, humanity’s understanding of the heavens. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ...

You might not see most objects in near-total darkness, but AI can. MIT scientists have developed a technique that uses a deep neural network to spot objects in extremely low light. The team trained ...

As five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams goes dark for her starring role, in HBO's 'Sharp Objects,' she joins the women behind the limited series — novelist Gillian Flynn and creator Marti Noxon — for a ...

Humans have big brains and can store information in a way that allows the information to be retrieved by different senses. Scientists call this multi-sensory integration and it allows humans to form ...

Amy Adams and Chris Messina as Camille Preaker and Det. Richard Willis in "Sharp Objects." Anne Marie Fox/HBO The dark, sick world portrayed in HBO’s “Sharp Objects” has been the place actor Chris ...