By observing the brightness of distant dying stars, astronomers have long come to believe that the expansion of the universe ...

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

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

If the findings prove correct, they could transform our understanding of the cosmos and its future. Instead of stretching ...

Astronomers challenge the Nobel-winning theory of an accelerating universe, suggesting it may instead be slowing ...

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 ...

University of Durham astronomer Professor Carlos Frenk, who was not part of the study, said these findings are noteworthy.

For decades, it was assumed that the expansion of the universe was accelerating—a theory that won the Nobel Prize. Now, ...

New research challenges the long-held belief of an ever-accelerating universe, suggesting instead that it may be slowing down, altering predictions of its ultimate fate.

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 ...

The John N. Bahcall Lecture Series Presenter: Robert Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University Exploding stars halfway across the universe show that the expansion of the universe is ...