As the universe expands, it feels like it must be spreading out from some initial point. But a physicist explains why that’s not how it works. Hint: space-time is involved.

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With SimBIG, researchers can now probe the universe’s structure with greater confidence and detail. Cosmological parameters tell us how the universe works and what it’s made of.

The end of the universe is tied to dark energy, astronomers claim, and one day the universe could implode on itself.

“We’re in the business of letting the universe tell us how it works, and maybe the universe is telling us it’s more complicated than we thought it was,” said Andrei Cuceu, a postdoctoral ...

How will the universe end? The question just got an unexpected twist. Cosmologist Katie Mack breaks down what the latest findings about dark energy mean for our universe’s future. Either way, it ...

New observations of the cosmos show that the dark energy, a mysterious force that accelerates the expansion of the universe, is evolving.

The standard model of how the universe works involves the widely accepted theory that dark energy is a fundamental constant of nature that drives the accelerating expansion of the universe. But a new ...

Cosmological parameters tell us how the universe works and what it’s made of. They include the amounts of dark energy, dark matter, and regular matter, along with early cosmic features like mass ...

New observations of the cosmos show that the dark energy, a mysterious force that accelerates the expansion of the universe, is evolving.