The universe’s accelerating expansion has long puzzled physicists. For decades, dark energy, an unseen force thought to make ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...

Not even the most advanced physics can reveal everything we want to know about the history and future of the cosmos, or about ourselves. An infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that teleology is a remnant of antiquated ways of thinking about causation, and ...

The tension, centered around a value for cosmic lumpiness known as S8, could join the Hubble tension in dethroning our best picture of how the universe evolved. When you purchase through links on our ...

The idea of a mirror universe is a common trope in science fiction. A world similar to ours where we might find our evil doppelganger or a version of us who actually asked out our high school crush.

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. When you purchase ...

Rajendra Gupta receives unconditional research funding from Macronix Research Corporation. He is affiliated with the American Physical Society, Royal Astronomical Society, European Astronomical ...