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

Galaxy NGC 6822, neighbouring the Milky Way galaxy, being studied to learn more about stars and dust in the early universe. Credit: NASA/James Webb Space Telescope Galaxy NGC 6822, neighbouring the ...

Astronomers have proposed a new theory to suggest why our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. That our universe is expanding is in wide agreement, though how exactly that process happens is ...

In 1919, physicist Theodor Kaluza hypothesized that extra dimensions might solve some outstanding problems in physics. And ...

Scientists for the first time have discovered the early universe was moving in extreme slow motion, backing up Albert Einstein’s expanding universe theory. (Nature Astronomy via Courthouse News) (CN) ...

Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole ...

The cosmological constant, which explains how and why the universe is expanding, has been previously described by astrophysicists as “the worst prediction in the history of physics” due to its ...

There are gazillions of different possible universes that can be described and understood using the tools provided by string theory ...

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of ...