For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. In the late 1990s, two independent teams, the ...

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A peer-reviewed paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters argues that black holes gain mass in step with the ...

These are exciting times to explore the largest unanswered questions in physics thanks to high-tech experiments and very precise data. That's particularly true of dark energy, the name given to the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Physicists have deduced subtle hints that the mysterious “dark” energy that drives the universe to expand faster and faster may be ...

An international collaboration of scientists has created the largest 3D map of our universe to date based on the first results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). It’s an impressive ...

Last year, we reported on an exciting hint of new physics in the first data analysis results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)—namely that the dark energy, rather than being ...

Gravity, the force that attracts objects toward each other, is currently framed by Albert Einstein's theory of general ...

Although some compelling evidence exists to support the idea that a repulsive force similar to dark energy exists, it has yet to be directly observed or measured. To circumvent this uncomfortable ...

Researchers from the Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, in India have combined data from baryon acoustic oscillations and supernovae to question our understanding of the nature of ...

Almost 30 years ago, dark energy was proposed as the force responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe. But for UC Davis mathematicians, the math didn't add up. Their new study ...