Dark Energy
New Video Shows Construction Beginning on the World’s Largest Telescope
A new video released by the ESO illustrates the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world's…
How Fast is the Universe Expanding? Hubble and Gaia Team Up to Conduct the Most Accurate Measurements to Date
A new study used data from both Hubble and Gaia in order to obtain the most precise measurements of cosmic…
The Tools Humanity Will Need for Living in the Year 1 Trillion
A recent paper by Harvest professor Dr. Abraham Loeb takes another look at an issue he has been addressing for…
How an Advanced Civilization Could Stop Dark Energy From Preventing Their Future Exploration
In a new study, an astrophysicist proposed how an advanced civilization might survive the inevitable expansion of the Universe, and…
If There is a Multiverse, Can There be Life There Too?
In a series of new studies, an international team of researchers found that if we live in a multiverse, it…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 488: Dark Energy: 2018 Edition
The updates continue. Last week we talked about dark matter, and this week we continue with its partner dark energy.…
Astronomers Just Found 72 Stellar Explosions, but Don’t Know What’s Causing Them
Using data from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova program, a team of astronomers recently found 72 supernovae, the largest number…
Precise New Measurements From Hubble Confirm the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe. Still no Idea Why it’s Happening
A new survey performed by the SHoES team using Hubble has confirmed that the Universe is in an accelerated rate…
These 25 Billion Galaxies are Definitely Living in a Simulation
A team of astrophysicists from UZH has simulated the formation of the entire Universe, producing a catalog that will help…
How Do We Know the Universe is Flat? Discovering the Topology of the Universe
Cosmologists tell us that the Universe is flat. It sure feels like 3-dimensions. What does this even mean, and how…