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There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

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New research suggests dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the universe’s expansion, may not be constant after all. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Astrophysicists at the University of Chicago have ...

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What would happen to the solar system if half of the universe disappeared? From Newton to Einstein, most experts have agreed that nothing much would happen except that the sky would have fewer stars.