Dark energy may be the most mysterious substance ever proposed, but many scientists are certain it exists. Why?

In an unprecedented step, researchers crafted a detailed model compatible with the universe’s accelerated expansion.

A lonely telescope in the Arizona desert tracks millions of distant galaxies to determine the ultimate fate of the Universe [KPNO/NOIRLab] There is growing controversy over recent evidence suggesting ...

For generations, humans have gazed at the stars and wondered about the ultimate fate of the universe. Will it expand forever into the cold emptiness, or meet a more dramatic end? A study published on ...

When it comes to understanding the universe, what we know is only a sliver of the whole picture.

New supercomputer simulations hint that dark energy might be dynamic, not constant, subtly reshaping the Universe’s structure. The findings align with recent DESI observations, offering the strongest ...

Dark energy is one of the most mysterious features of our universe – we don’t know what it is, but it controls how the universe is expanding, as well as its ultimate fate. Now, a study of millions of ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

In the beginning, the Big Bang happened, sending everything in the universe expanding outward and apart, from a dense hot point. Since then, all that matter and energy has continued to move outward, ...

Light consists of individual particles that propagate in waves. The wavelength determines the color and energy of the light. The human eye can only perceive a small section of this spectrum, ...

There is growing controversy over recent evidence suggesting that a mysterious force known as dark energy might be changing in a way that challenges our current understanding of time and space. An ...