Scientists in Greece have laid out a mathematical framework to help explain a so-far-unsolved gap in our understanding of how ...
Let's rewind the clock back…oh, I don't know, let's say a hundred years. It was 1917, and Einstein had just developed his ...
The universe is expanding. That much is clearer. But it’s less clear whether this expansion is accelerating or slowing down.
A new study of one of the universe's fundamental constants casts doubt on a popular theory of dark energy, scientists say. Dark energy is the name given to whatever is causing the expansion of the ...
Last time I wrote about new data that overturns the standard cosmological model. Before anyone starts dusting off their ...
In its first year of full operations, the Euclid space telescope has quietly built one of the most ambitious maps of the ...
We know that the universe is getting bigger. And we know that the speed that the universe is getting bigger is also getting bigger. The standard assumption is that the acceleration rate is itself ...
According to physics, the universe and everything in it can be explained by just a handful of equations. They’re difficult equations, all right, but their simplest feature is also the most mysterious ...