This article was originally featured on Undark. On May 5, 2023, a 19-year-old hiker named Matthew Read headed out on a roughly 12-mile trek in an underpopulated part of Glacier National Park in ...

New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe's invisible mass. Figuring out ...

From ancient philosophers pondering the stars to modern scientists scanning distant exoplanets, humanity has long asked one haunting question: Are we alone? The search for life beyond Earth is one of ...