Dark Energy

Rise Of The Super Telescopes: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope

When the WFIRST observatory comes online in the mid 2020s, it will take images 100 times larger than the Hubble.

8 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope Celebrated in Stunning New Video

A new short film showcases the James Webb Telescope - the successor to Hubble - and all the amazing things…

8 years ago

ESO Survey Shows Dark Matter to be Pretty “Smooth”

A new study produced by an international team of researchers shows that Dark Matter may be more smoothly distributed than…

8 years ago

New Theory of Gravity Does Away With Need for Dark Matter

Dark matter? Who needs it?! Gravity may be something else altogether.

8 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – October 28, 2016: Dr. Derrick Pitts of the Fels Planetarium

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer and Director of the Fels Planetarium at The Franklin…

8 years ago

Dark Energy Illuminated By Largest Galactic Map Ten Years In The Making

After a decade of research, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey has released the most detailed 3D map of the Universe…

8 years ago

Professor Stephen Hawking Intends To Map The Known Universe

At the upcoming Starmus science conference, Professor Stephen Hawking will unveil the most ambitious plan to map the known universe…

8 years ago

The Hubble Constant Just Got Constantier

A team of astronomers using the Hubble telescope have found that the Universe is expanding more rapidly than thought.

8 years ago

Next Time You’re Late To Work, Blame Dark Energy!

A team of Armenian researchers has proposed a new answer to why time only moves in one-direction: it's all because…

8 years ago

Japanese 3D Galaxy Map Confirms Einstein Was One Smart Dude

Using the largest 3-D map of the Universe to date, an team of researchers has shown that Einstein's theory of…

9 years ago