Astronomers want new ways to measure distance in the Universe, working to calculate its rate of expansion. A new image…
Humanity's been fortunate to have a star situated over Earth's north pole. The star, known as Polaris, or the North…
Over a century ago, astronomers Edwin Hubble and Georges Lemaitre independently discovered that the Universe was expanding. Since then, scientists…
A new study presents a novel and independent method for measuring cosmic expansion using kilonova
A team of astronomers have developed a new technique that relies on Baryon Acoustic Oscillations to measure cosmic distances.
Over the last decade, various measurements have disagreed over the rate that the Universe is expanding. Astronomers use Cepheid variables…