The case for dark matter is regarded as so overwhelming that its existence is often reported as fact. Lately, though, cracks of doubt have started to appear… By Pavel Kroupa. (Nov. 25, 2016)

 A web-like superstructure predicted for decades.

Boltzmann’s theory leads to a paradox, where the very scientific assumption that we can trust what we observe leads to the conclusion that we can’t trust what we observe. By Brian Koberlein.

People who think science is dull are wrong. Here are 10 reasons why. By Tom Chivers (Nov. 12, 2009)

A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories. By Natalie Wolchover.

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If multiverses seem weird, it’s because we need to revamp our notions of time and space. By Dan Falk.

And sorry, Eleven, but psychic powers won’t transport you to another world. By Shannon Stirone.

Physicists have proposed that violations of energy conservation in the early universe, as predicted by certain modified theories of quantum mechanics and quantum gravity, may explain the cosmological constant problem, which is sometimes referred to as “the worst theoretical prediction in the history of physics.” By Lisa Zyga.

The Gaia hypothesis implies that once alien life takes hold, it will flourish. By David Grinspoon.

We trust the scientists around us to have the best grasp on what's really happening in the world. So is it disturbing if some think the world might not be...

Sure, we move through it just like space, but it was the aftermath of Einstein that led to us truly understanding it. By Ethan Siegel.

Astrophysics suggests we will be alone in the universe for eons.

A strange quantum phenomenon predicted more than 80 years ago may have finally been observed in nature, thanks to a neutron star. By Calla Cofield.

The young physicist’s quest to prove the theories of Ernst Mach. By Amanda Gefter.

“Besides probing a heretofore-unknown astrophysical phenomenon, the bursts potentially carry imprints of propagation through inhomogeneous, magnetized plasma in the ionized interstellar media of other galaxies, and the diffuse intergalactic medium.” By Paul Gilster.

If dark energy is changing at different rates across the universe, that could force the universe to end in a “Little Rip” - eventually. By Rebecca Boyle.

After centuries of war, Catholicism and science reconciled over meridian lines.

Transitions are everywhere we look. Water freezes, melts, or boils; chemical bonds break and form to make new substances out of different arrangements of atoms. The universe itself went through major transitions in early times. New particles were created and destroyed continually until things cooled enough to let them survive. Those particles include ones we know about, such as the Higgs boson or the top quark. But they could also include dark matter, invisible particles which we presently know only because of their gravitational effects.

Hundreds of researchers in a collaborative project called “It from Qubit” say space and time may spring up from the quantum entanglement of tiny bits of information. By Clara Moskowitz.