Why is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? This is one of the most exciting yet unresolved questions in modern ...
For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...
This controversial theory says the universe is subject to an ultimate, higher-order law that we can’t comprehend.
In fact, the Euclid Consortium, the international group managing the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope, just ...
Out there in the Universe, there are plenty of amazing things waiting to be discovered. At every level of reality, there’s a great set of mysteries, puzzles, and facts just waiting for us to uncover ...
About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Published in 1915, and already widely accepted worldwide by ...
The fact is, however, that the mass of black holes varies greatly out in the vast universe, and astronomers have recently discovered what they believe may be the biggest one ever found. They estimate ...
For centuries, humanity has pondered the ultimate fate of the universe. From theories of infinite expansion to the concept of a cosmic “big crunch,” scientists have long sought to understand how the ...
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. About a century ago, scientists were struggling to ...
A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller, or dwarf, galaxy.