The universe is constantly expanding, and researchers want to understand how that process is happening. A UAH professor has presented a new model.

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If dark energy is weakening, it stands to reason that eventually gravity will become dominant and the universe will begin to ...

A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.

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In recent years, one of the most troubling puzzles in astrophysics has grown more urgent. Scientists have realized that the ...

In a study published in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity, Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), which is a part of The University of Alabama ...

UK startup Blue Skies Space wants to build a cosmic radio station in the Moon’s orbit to listen to radio waves from the early ...

A new theory challenges the standard model of cosmology, arguing that dark matter and dark energy are not the forces behind cosmic expansion.

First discovered in the 1990s, dark energy has come to feel like a familiar face of the cosmos. Astronomers first imagined this unseen entity as a constant presence that has, since the beginning, ...

Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that ...

It drives the movements of stars and galaxies, but dark matter is invisible. While it remains a colossal mystery, a study ...