Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dark energy remains among the biggest puzzles in our understanding of the cosmos. In the Standard Model of cosmology, called Lambda-CDM, it is accounted for by…
Astronomers have revealed the secrets behind an epic collision between two massive galactic clusters, showing that dark matter and ordinary matter can actually separate during these massive events.Located billions of…
A deep-sea shark and several eels are attracted to a lure placed on top of Cook Seamount, as seen by the Pisces V submarine during a dive to the previously…
Scientists have found evidence that metals occur in nature on the ocean floor may be able to produce oxygen - a potential "game changer" that could change our understanding of…
Scientists plan to use "clocks" on dead stars to illuminate the most mysterious thing in the universe: dark energy.These timekeepers are actually pulsars, or rapidly spinning neutron stars, born when…
One of the great mysteries of the universe is how it expands. The phenomenon causing this expansion is known as dark energy — and recently scientists have begun to wonder…
The mystery of life on Earth may be deeper than we thought. Scientists have discovered that metal nodules on the ocean floor produce oxygen in complete darkness without any help…
An international team of scientists has found that oxygen is produced in total darkness approximately 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) below the ocean's surface.Previously, it was thought that only living organisms…
NASA has captured an eruption of dark plasma on the sun that has a 60 percent chance of causing a blackout on Earth this week.A "cold" solar flare of approximately…
This is a classic lunar moment of waiting.The message from NASA last week: "NASA Ends VIPER Project, Continues Lunar Exploration."The space agency's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project has…