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 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 ...

However, scientists know it exists due to its gravitational effects on visible matter, said Fuchs. "The movements of stars and galaxies within the universe can only be explained by the ...

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 ...

given the amount of visible matter there was there. But the concept really started gaining traction with the work of the US astronomer Vera Rubin from the 1970s onwards, who showed a consistent ...