The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the ...

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...

Particles smaller than an atom hurtle through the universe nearly at the speed of light, blasted into space from something, somewhere, in the cosmos. A scientific collaboration of the Pierre Auger ...

Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays are the most energetic and rarest of particles in the universe – and also one of the most enigmatic. Benjamin Skuse reveals how cosmic-ray mysteries are continuing to test ...

This may seem like the cry of a panicking news reporter in a lurid sci-fi tale, but it’s actually a scientific fact — albeit a slightly hyperbolic one. Mysterious cosmic rays traveling at speeds ...

Final results from the University of Utah's High Resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray observatory show that the most energetic particles in the universe rarely reach Earth at full strength because they ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Collaboration MPIK/H.E.S.S. After over a decade of meticulous data collection, scientists ...

In 1931, a hoax claimed that Nikola Tesla had created a car powered by a “cosmic energy power receiver,” but was quickly dismissed due to lack of evidence. A young scientist from Ellington just ...

Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays twist and turn on their way to Earth, which has made it nearly impossible to identify the colossal monsters that create them. In the 1930s, the French physicist Pierre ...

One of the great mysteries in science is determining not only what's out there, but what creates the signals we detect here on Earth. For over a century, we've known that zipping through the Universe ...

For decades, physicists imagined harnessing the exotic physics of black holes right here on Earth. Now, a spinning aluminium cylinder in a quiet UK lab has brought that fantasy closer to reality. By ...