Relax, it’s only happening in theoretical physics—at least for now.
A major international effort has produced an ultra-precise measurement of the Universe’s expansion rate, confirming it’s ...
Imagine we had somehow filmed the whole history of the universe and you could play the movie in reverse. It would start off much as things stand today: a vast and elegant web of galaxies and nebulae.
In A Nutshell A 37-member international team produced the most precise direct measurement of the Hubble constant ever recorded, with just 1.1 percent uncertainty. By linking a dozen different cosmic ...
The universe is simply huge, containing billions of stars, planets, and galaxies. When children get to know the enormity of space, a question that comes to mind is, if the universe is so big, why have ...
New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos is heading toward a dramatic reversal: after ...