Cosmologists are finally beginning to sketch a coherent picture of the universe we cannot see, using exquisitely detailed maps of galaxies, ghostly light and the large scale structure of space itself.

Using gold flakes, salt water, and light, scientists have made the universe’s invisible binding forces visible in color. The ...

Scientists are warning that a largely invisible pollutant is turning up in places long assumed to be safe, from quiet forests ...

The universe is packed with riddles, but few are as stubborn or as fascinating as dark matter. First proposed in 1933 by astronomer Fritz Zwicky, this elusive substance refuses to play by the rules: ...

For years, the universe held onto a secret that left cosmologists puzzled. Nearly half of the universe’s ordinary matter, responsible for building everything from protons and stars to planets and ...

A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault. The findings improve understanding of ...

Roughly 2,000 miles south of New Zealand's southernmost point lies Lake Enigma, an aptly named body of water tucked into coastal Antarctica. The lake's ice cover is deeper than the lake itself: ...

Ultraviolet and near-infrared light are widely used in modern technologies but are invisible to the human eye. Researchers ...