Dark matter doesn’t emit, absorb, or reflect light. It’s invisible but supposedly makes up 85% of the universe’s mass.

Astronomers have just identified what appears to be a cosmic anomaly: a faint galaxy with so few visible stars that, according to calculations, as much as 99.9 percent of its mass is dark matter. The ...

A team led by astrophysicist Simon Blouin at the University of Victoria has used one of the world’s fastest supercomputers to ...

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Supernova 1987A appeared in the far-southern constellation of Doradus (the Swordfish), in which the Large Magellanic Cloud is ...

This floral-fruity eau de parfum is the next step in Balmain Beauty’s – the beauty arm formed as a joint venture between Estée Lauder Companies and the fashion house – luxury fragrance journey ...

In the vast tapestry of the universe, most galaxies shine brightly across cosmic time and space. Yet a rare class of galaxies remains nearly invisible—low-surface-brightness galaxies dominated by dark ...

Named Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2), the object consists of four globular clusters and belongs to the Perseus galaxy cluster.

Our Wondrous Planet Melbourne Museum, daily This new permanent exhibition transports us across planet Earth and the 4 billion years of history that underpins it. Wander through a multisensory gallery ...

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Audra McDonald won. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Zoe Caldwell won.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) members have ratified a new contract with the Great Western Railway of Colorado (GWR). Also, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division ...

In a year in which it received a record number of applications for the incoming first-year class, Boston College continued to solidify its status as one of the country’s most selective universities.