Articles for tag: astrophysics research, Cosmic Mysteries, dark matter theories, theoretical physics, universe composition

10 Intriguing Theories of Dark Matter

10 Intriguing Theories of Dark Matter

Andrew Alpin

You’ve probably heard it mentioned in science documentaries or read about it in articles. , that mysterious invisible substance that supposedly makes up most of the universe. It’s one of those concepts that sounds like science fiction but is very much grounded in real physics. Scientists have been scratching their heads over it for decades, ...

Scientists Think An Ancient Interloper Once Disrupted Our Entire Solar System

Scientists Think An Ancient Interloper Once Disrupted Our Entire Solar System

Jan Otte

You might remember learning about our solar system in school. Those neat diagrams showed planets moving in perfect circular orbits, all lined up like beads on a flat disc. Turns out, reality is messier. Our planetary neighborhood doesn’t follow those textbook rules nearly as well as we thought. Something knocked things off course a long ...