Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many ...

then the "vacuum energy" that is emerging in the universe will continue to overtake the pull of gravity from matter. This means that, in the future, gravitationally bound clusters of galaxies will ...

If the observations of cosmic acceleration featured in the NOVA program "Runaway Universe" are correct, then the universe will probably continue to expand forever. Does this mean that the universe ...

A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) presents a methodology to test the assumption ...

It’s the future predicted to come about if everything we know about the Universe is largely correct ... of all these billions of years of cosmic history: The cosmic web will shrink, galaxies ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

The Euclid space telescope has, by chance, discovered its first Einstein ring, and it is absolutely stunning. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this perfectly circular Einstein ring has allowed researchers ...

which can be used to determine the age of the universe and its history. It gets its name from UChicago alum Edwin Hubble, who was first to calculate the constant from his measurements of stars in 1929 ...

Join six leading experts to find out everything we know about the subatomic universe. Take a deep dive into the building blocks of the universe, from the atom to the standard model, and learn how ...

which formed earlier in the universe's history than scientists thought was possible. Stars form in large clouds of gas and dust called molecular clouds. Any remaining gas and dust gather in disks ...

Over the past few months, the heroes of the DC Universe have fought against some ... all hoping to salvage the world they ...