In a controversial new paper, researchers argue that the acceleration of the universe's expansion has slowed down.

“If confirmed, this would have profound implications for the fate of the universe,” said The Guardian. The study raises the ...

Astronomers may have misread cosmic acceleration for 27 years. The universe may be slowing down, not speeding up.

For almost a century, we have known that the universe is expanding. For several decades, evidence has suggested that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Crucial to those estimates were the ...

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is ...

The Roman telescope will track 100,000 cosmic explosions, revealing how the early universe expanded and offering new clues ...

But most of the gold on Earth isn’t in our hands; it’s deep underground. During the planet’s formation, heavy elements like gold and platinum sank toward the molten iron core. Geologists estimate that ...

A Queen's University scientist has been chosen to lead an international €2.3million hunt to discover how the first chemical elements were created in the Universe. Professor Stephen Smartt, Director of ...

Maybe music artist Moby was right, and “we are all made of stars.” New research suggests the calcium in our teeth and bones came from star explosions. Researchers from Northwestern University looked ...

Physicists think we could see such an explosion in the next 10 years - and it would 'revolutionize physics and rewrite the history of the universe'. This artist’s concept takes a fanciful approach to ...