Most explanations rely on "dark energy" to explain the Universe's accelerating expansion rate, but a new study takes a different path.

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Astronomers have unveiled a new catalog of massive galaxy clusters, revealing new insight on the evolution of the universe ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Black holes are eaters of all things, even radiation. But what if their rapacious appetites had an unexpected side effect? A new study published in Physical Review Letters suggests that black holes ...

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Dark energy—the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate—is one of the universe’s greatest mysteries. The most widely accepted theory currently suggests ...

Could the Milky Way’s most enigmatic light be the death cry of invisible matter? For over a decade, an explanation has eluded ...

The story begins with the black hole information paradox. According to relativity, anything that falls into a black hole is ...

For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the universe, however, a new study ...

Black holes are eaters of all things, even radiation. But what if their rapacious appetites had an unexpected side effect? A new study published in Physical Review Letters suggests that black holes ...