For a generation, cosmologists have treated dark energy as a fixed backdrop, a steady pressure stretching space faster and ...

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The scientists realized that these supernovae weren’t as nearby as they had thought, so they had zipped away from Earth quicker than expected. “These observations led scientists to ultimately conclude ...

Called the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, it uses a telescope southwest of Tucson, Arizona to create a ...

Abstract: Hyperspectral imaging systems based on multiple-beam interference (MBI), such as Fabry–Perot (FP) interferometry, are attracting interest due to their compact design, high throughput, and ...

At this week’s national gathering, astronomy and astrophysics professors Bryan Gaensler, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, and Connie ...

The discovery of thousands more galaxies with stars ringing their main disks could help astronomers study galactic evolution ...

This study could transform our understanding of the future of the universe and raise the possibility that the universe may ...

From signs of life on Mars to an interstellar visitor and weakening dark energy, 2025 reshaped space science, raising the ...

On record 2025 as one of the most amazing years in contemporary astronomy, providing findings that would turn our collective ...

However, the 1998 discovery of dark energy — a mysterious force accelerating the universe's expansion — shifted this narrative. Initially, it was assumed that distant galaxies were racing away from ...

A South Korean team says it has found evidence a 'Big Crunch' could one day spell the end of everything ...