The birth, growth and future of our universe are eternally fascinating. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In the last decades, telescopes have been able to observe the ...

Last year, our most detailed map of the universe yet suggested our understanding of dark energy has been wrong for decades. The shock result is reigniting the search for a better cosmic story ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have to use indirect evidence, like the explosions of Type Ia supernovae, to investigate the impacts of dark energy.

Cosmic voids may seem like the emptiest places in the universe, stripped of matter, radiation, and even dark matter. But they’re far from nothing. Even in these vast empty regions, the fundamental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A render of a dark energy universe from NASA's Goddard Space Center. (Credit: NASA) Astronomers at the Center of Applied Space ...

In the search to understand how the universe came to be, a new theory is rewriting the script. Instead of one massive, fiery birth like the Big Bang, this idea suggests the cosmos has been growing in ...

The universe's expansion may be accelerating faster than previously thought. Dark energy, a mysterious force, might not be constant but could be changing over time. Multiple independent studies show ...

A study by Dartmouth researchers proposes a new theory about the origin of dark matter, the mysterious and invisible substance thought to give the universe its shape and structure. They say the ...

Physicists are scrambling to understand why dark energy is weakening. In a surprising twist, we must now reconsider the ...

The birth, growth and future of our universe are eternally fascinating. In the last decades, telescopes have been able to observe the skies with unprecedented precision and sensitivity. Our research ...

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A render of a dark energy universe from NASA's Goddard Space Center. Credit: NASA Astronomers at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) in Germany have published a new study ...