NBC has announced a new, one-hour special called Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe to debut in August. It’s a separate ...

Dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up a significant portion of the universe, continues to puzzle scientists. For years, we’ve known it exists due to its gravitational effects on ...

No normal matter will remain in this final “Dark Era” of the universe, which will last far longer than everything that came before it.

Dark Universe’s main merchandise destination is Pretorius’ Scientific Oddities. Named for Ernest Thesiger’s iconic mad scientist character in Bride of Frankenstein, the shop showcases his ...

From the inflationary state that preceded the Big Bang to our cold, lonely, dark energy-dominated fate, the Universe goes through six different eras. We're living in the last one already.

The dark ages of the universe — an era of darkness that existed before the first stars and galaxies — mostly remain a mystery because there is so little of it to see, but scientists intensely ...

Except there's a little problem: dark energy. According to observations, the expansion of the universe is accelerating, but at a very gentle pace.

For decades, astronomers have puzzled over dark energy and why it's pushing our universe apart. New data from the largest 3-D map of our universe suggests we may be wrong about dark energy.

The Dark Energy Survey examines the largest-ever maps of galaxy distribution and shapes, extending more than 7 billion light-years across the Universe. The extraordinarily precise analysis, which ...