Astronomers have released the most ambitious cosmic map assembled so far, confirming that matter in the Universe is less ...

To check these predictions, the DES had to combine all four of the methods of investigating dark energy: study of signals ...

The universe seems to be spinning, and that could explain what dark energy is and why it's weakening while revealing our ...

The most difficult thing about learning the dark energy is that the dark matter does not present itself directly; it only ...

DESI maps distant objects to study dark energy. The instrument is installed on the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, shown here beneath star trails. (Credit: KPNO ...

In the wake of bombshell findings that suggest dark energy might be weakening as the universe expands, physicists are considering replacing the standard cosmological model of the universe with exotic ...

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 ...

By studying ripples in space-time, physicists are testing wheather dark energy might stem from hidden dimensions, elusive ...

Stars are still forming in the blue centre of the Messier 78 stellar nursery, emerging from the orange clouds at the bottom. — © AFP Stars are still forming in the ...

Last spring, a team of nearly 1,000 cosmologists announced that dark energy — the enigmatic agent propelling the universe to swell in size at an ever-increasing rate — might be slackening. The ...

Our current cosmological model—known as lambda cold dark matter, or ΛCDM—relies on hypothesized dark energy to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe. However, one competing theory known ...

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