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The detection of dark matter, the elusive type of matter predicted to make up most of the universe's mass, is a long-standing ...

Learn more about eight higher education leaders making a difference in Massachusetts, as selected by MassLive.

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central ...

Scientists have designed a ‘cosmic radio’ detector which could discover dark matter in 15 years. Published today in Nature, scientists at King’s College London, Harvard University, UC Berkley and ...

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By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

Ten people were arrested and charged in connection with a child predator operation in Berkshire County, where officers posed as 14 and 15-year-old girls online and communicated with individuals ...

For decades, scientists have known that ordinary matter — everything made of atoms — accounts for just 15% of the universe’s ...

The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation ...

Intriguing signs from CERN hint at a never-before-seen form of matter – one that could be the tiniest particle cluster ever ...

"I want to do all I can to safeguard the manufacturing sector and mitigate market fluctuations,” Gov. Maura Healey said.