According to current understanding, the universe is expanding—and is doing so at an accelerating rate. This is believed to be ...

The 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam) captures a vibrant scene filled with swirls and ...

A new theoretical study offers a possible explanation for how the Universe can grow more complex without violating the second ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have to use indirect evidence, like the explosions of Type Ia supernovae, to investigate the impacts of dark energy.

A peer-reviewed paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters argues that black holes gain mass in step with the expansion of the universe, a process the authors call “cosmological coupling.” ...

Dark matter is already one of the strangest substances in the universe, but a new study suggests this elusive material could ...

Last year, we reported on an exciting hint of new physics in the first data analysis results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)—namely that the dark energy, rather than being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A render of a dark energy universe from NASA's Goddard Space Center. (Credit: NASA) Astronomers at the Center of Applied Space ...

An international collaboration of scientists has created the largest 3D map of our universe to date based on the first results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). It’s an impressive ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Physicists have deduced subtle hints that the mysterious “dark” energy that drives the universe to expand faster and faster may be ...

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) is looking to create one of the largest maps of the universe by creating a catalog of Lyman-alpha-emitting galaxies. These galaxies, which ...

Dark energy is a dynamic entity, rather than a matter-of-fact constant in the universe’s rapid unfurling, a team of scientists announced this week. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, ...