This is called the “heat death” of the Universe, but you can think of it instead as the death of heat. There will be no more differences in temperature anywhere, which means thermodynamics shuts down, ...

Dark energy is still a mystery, but powerful new telescopes are set to uncover clues. With NASA and ESA leading the charge, ...

While monitoring the distance to Type Ia supernovas, two separate teams found that not only is the universe expanding but that this expansion is also accelerating. Dark energy was introduced as a ...

This mysterious force is supposed to constitute about 68% to 72% of the total energy of the universe, which definitely surpasses both dark matter and visible matter in terms of its influence on ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports simulates particle creation in an expanding universe using IBM quantum computers, ...

Dark energy does not exist, some scientists have claimed – which could help get rid of one of the universe’s biggest mysteries. For a century, scientists have thought that the universe was ...

Dark energy accounts for nearly 70% of the universe’s total energy budget, but its exact nature remains one of the greatest mysteries in physics. Some interpretations suggest dark energy could ...

Over time, these voids take up a larger proportion of the Universe, creating the illusion of an accelerating expansion, without needing to conjure up any dark energy.

The universe's acceleration challenges predictions made by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, making dark energy one of the ... 5% of the cluster's total mass. An estimated 80% ...

The Dark Energy Survey examines the largest-ever maps of galaxy distribution and shapes, extending more than 7 billion light-years across the Universe. The extraordinarily precise analysis ...