Will it stretch space to its breaking point and set the stage for the Big Rip scenario, or will it stabilize and permit a different evolution for the universe? Visible matter, such as stars and ...

Dark matter may not interact much with visible (baryonic) matter, but a subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson could act ...

The things we can see on Earth and in space—visible matter like rocks and stars—make up only a small portion of the universe, as scientists believe that 85% of matter in the cosmos comprises ...

The visible universe—including Earth, the sun, other stars, and galaxies—is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons bundled together into atoms. Perhaps one of the most surprising discoveries ...

Dark matter may not interact much with visible (baryonic) matter, but a subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson could act as a mediator between a particle of dark matter and a particle of ...

Plasma is the most abundant state of matter in the universe. Nearly all visible matter in the universe, including the sun, the stars and the space between them exists as plasma.Studying plasma ...