An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be ...

Whether the Universe will 'end' at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity's cosmic ...

A new study casts doubt on the universe’s accelerating expansion, suggesting dark energy might be weakening over time.

Where is the center of the universe? Learn why researchers say the rules may not apply to the center of the universe.

Scientists have many big questions to tackle about the universe, including how big it actually is. But even the proposed ...

The universe is expanding. That much is clearer. But it’s less clear whether this expansion is accelerating or slowing down.

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The surface of Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, good ol' Earth helps us understand what the universe might be doing beyond ...

As if dark energy weren't already mysterious and baffling enough, new research suggests that this unknown force may not be driving galaxies apart at an accelerating rate anymore. This remarkable ...

The expansion rate of the universe may be slowing down, rather than accelerating at an ever-growing rate, a potentially groundbreaking new study has hinted. The suggestion challenges both the 2011 ...

A team of astronomers thinks that they might have just spotted the most distant and oldest supermassive black hole ever seen.