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Deep Underground, Physicists Begin New Hunt For Dark Matter

Posted 05.04.2013 | Science

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/03/2013 01:09 PM EDT on SPACE.com A new hunt for dark matter — an invisible but bountiful constituent of the un...

Two Meteorites With VERY Exotic Origins Identified

Posted 04.28.2013 | Science

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 04/28/2013 10:26 AM EDT on SPACE.com Two surprising grains of sand in a pair of meteorites that landed on Earth sug...

The Only Place in the Universe

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 04.23.2013 | Healthy Living
Andrew Z. Cohen

I had my first spiritual experience when I was 16 years old. I was sitting up late one night having a conversation with my mother about something I can't remember, when for no apparent reason, the doors of perception opened wide.

Spectacular Supernova Sparks Major Debate

Posted 04.21.2013 | Science

By John Matson All supernovae are bright. When a star ends its life in a cataclysmic explosion, it emits a burst of energy and light that can outshi...

Pessimistic Hawking Pushes Space Exploration

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 04.12.2013 | Science

LOS ANGELES -- Stephen Hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation of space ex...

'Green Peas' May Shed Light On Early Universe

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 04.09.2013 | Science

Astronomers still don't know much about how the universe developed during its infancy, but tiny galaxies known as "Green Peas" may hold big clues. ...

WATCH: Dead Star Bends Light From Giant Companion

Posted 04.08.2013 | Science

By: Mike Wall Published: 04/08/2013 08:52 AM EDT on SPACE.com NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has witnessed an ultradense dead star b...

WATCH: Galaxy Debate Settled With Help Of Stupendous Simulation

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.04.2013 | Science

Astronomers know a thing or two about galaxies, including how many there are in the universe (at least 100 billion) and the different shapes they take...

Why I Love The Universe More Than I Love God

Yolo Akili | Posted 03.29.2013 | Religion
Yolo Akili

It does not conjure thoughts of one person or entity. It does not invoke a man, a prophet or a hierarchy. It invokes us, and by calling on it we affirm that we are a part of the power that answers our own prayers and wishes.

Deepak Chopra: Scientific Proof of God?

The Chopra Well | Posted 03.27.2013 | Healthy Living
The Chopra Well

What it comes down to, then, and what science helps us consider, is that there is an omnipotent, omnipresent force in the universe that creates everything we see, touch, taste and experience.

Why the Universe Is Our Home: It's Not a Coincidence (Part 2)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.26.2013 | Healthy Living
Deepak Chopra

Everyone would like to feel that life has meaning, which implies that the setting for life -- the universe at large -- isn't a cold void ruled by random chance. There is a huge gap here, and for the past century science hasn't budged from its assumption that creation is ruled by random events.

Moonwalker Denies Selling Space Stuff

Posted 03.24.2013 | Science

By: Robert Z. Pearlman Published: 03/24/2013 11:27 AM EDT on SPACE.com A New York auction house is set to sell more than 300 space artifacts on Mo...

Has Missing Galaxy Mystery Finally Been Solved?

Posted 03.21.2013 | Science

By: Elizabeth Howell Published: 03/20/2013 07:00 AM EDT on SPACE.com Some dwarf galaxies in the early universe travelled so fast that their gas wa...

Why the Universe Is Our Home: It's Not a Coincidence

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.18.2013 | Healthy Living
Deepak Chopra

What science can see and infer about space and time is certainly fascinating. We want to touch upon the inexplicable fact that the cosmos fits together with the smallest and largest aspects fine-tuned beyond anything that pure chance can explain.

David Freeman

Powerful New Observatory Inaugurated At High-Desert Site

HuffingtonPost.com | David Freeman | Posted 03.18.2013 | Science

Astronomers from around the world gathered today in northern Chile for the long-awaited inauguration of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Arr...

Dark Energy Explained -- A New Theory

Louis A. Del Monte | Posted 05.11.2013 | Science
Louis A. Del Monte

If the Existence Equation Conjecture actually models the energy a mass needs to exist, how does this explain the accelerating universe? If correct, the amount of energy required for existence is enormous, and it has to come from somewhere.

WATCH: Bill Nye Discusses The Universe's Expiration Date

HuffPost Live | Posted 02.26.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

Scientists said that last year's discovery of the Higgs boson particle may give clues as to how the universe will end and how it may have begun. HuffP...

The Universe Is... a Plumber?

Nicole Glassman | Posted 04.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Nicole Glassman

Signs are everywhere. We just have to be open to seeing them. I used to be oblivious to messages until I decided to look for meaning in life. It was at this point that I became aware of the invisible support that surrounds me.

Tips to Claim Your Authentic Voice

Robert V. Taylor | Posted 03.25.2013 | Healthy Living
Robert V. Taylor

It's all too easy to allow negative thoughts, anxiety or even fear of the day to be overwhelming. On those days, we become strangers to ourselves and others.

How To See The Universe In A Human Birth

Adam Frank | Posted 03.20.2013 | TED Weekends
Adam Frank

We are born in darkness and return to darkness yet through it all we are surrounded by light. It is not only a journey we share with each other but also an unrecognized journey we share with the Universe as a whole.

Key Einstein Idea Put To Test In New Research

Posted 01.16.2013 | Science

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 01/16/2013 12:56 PM EST on SPACE.com A new study of one of the universe's fundamental constants casts doubt on a pop...

'Largest Structure Ever Seen In The Entire Universe'

Posted 01.12.2013 | Science

By: Mike Wall Published: 01/11/2013 04:34 AM EST on SPACE.com Astronomers have discovered the largest known structure in the universe, a clump o...

Cara Santa Maria

WHOA: Do We Live In A Simulated Universe?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.24.2012 | Science

Have you ever wondered whether all this--you, your life, the universe--is just a sophisticated computer simulation? Martin Savage, a physicist at t...

Universe's New 'Baby Picture' May Reveal Details Of Big Bang

Posted 12.22.2012 | Science

By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 12/21/2012 06:02 PM EST on SPACE.com Astronomers have released a new "baby picture" of the unive...

Distant Quasar Reveals Secrets Of Early Universe

Posted 12.05.2012 | Science

By: Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor Published: 12/05/2012 01:14 PM EST on SPACE.com A cloud of hydrogen gas illuminated by the brightest ob...