The expansion of the universe is still accelerating under the influence of dark energy, despite recent claims to the contrary ...

This updated model focuses on how the density of dark energy and the pace of star formation work together to influence the chance of life emerging. This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a ...

For those who see the world as a dark place, the universe seems to offer little solace. According to current estimates, ...

As the Dark Energy Survey (DES) releases its final results, we caught up with two physicists who've been involved in the project from its early days. In this Q&A, Josh Frieman, DES co-founder and ...

Dark energy is still one of the greatest cosmic mysteries. For all the time, money and telescopes that humanity has used to uncover its nature, scientists are still asking a fundamental question: What ...

In the Big Bend region, a portal to the early universe is enabled by the largest dark-sky reserve on Earth. The Hobby-Eberly Telescope at the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas, was used to ...

In a new study, scientists began pondering a pretty wild question: What if black holes can convert dead star matter into dark energy, the mystery force driving the acceleration of the expansion of the ...

One of the greatest mysteries in cosmology is the nature of what we refer to as dark energy. This mysterious force drives the expansion of the universe to accelerate. Dark energy is an unknown ...

For a star, its initial mass is everything. It determines how quickly it burns through its hydrogen and how it will evolve once it starts fusing heavier elements. It’s so well understood that ...