A novel theory suggests that the current expansion rate of the universe is not fixed, but was in fact quite different in the ...
Dark energy, the mysterious force driving the accelerated expansion of the universe, has puzzled scientists since its discovery in 1998. Despite its elusive nature, dark energy is believed to ...
Where starlight doesn't reach, new things are born: For the first time, an international research team has directly measured the effect of cosmic radiation in a cold molecular cloud. The observation ...
An extraordinarily rare, gravitationally lensed supernova may offer a powerful new way to measure the universe’s expansion rate.
A group of researchers at the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia have discovered a potential "cosmic glitch" in the universe's gravity, explaining its strange behavior on a ...