Though Halloween will undoubtedly take the spotlight today, there's another spooky event worth celebrating. Thursday (Oct. 31) marks this year's Dark Matter Day as well, a time during which scientists ...

Quantum processors operate in environments engineered to eliminate nearly all external interference. That just might make ...

At the center of our galaxy, there’s a mysterious, diffuse glow given off by gamma rays — powerful radiation usually emitted by high-energy objects such as rapidly rotating or exploding stars. NASA’s ...

Some of the faintest, coldest stars in the universe may be powered not by fusion—but by the annihilation of dark matter deep within them. These “dark dwarfs” could exist in regions like the galactic ...