For centuries, humanity has pondered the ultimate fate of the universe. From theories of infinite expansion to the concept of a cosmic “big crunch,” scientists have long sought to understand how the ...

Today we are going to talk about cosmology and the fact that black holes were considered as an almost unbelievable idea. In the 30s, British astronomer Arthur ...

Hubble constant. The Hubble constant is crucial in understanding the rate of expansion of the universe and, by extension, estimating the universe’s age. This collaborative effort unites various ...

For the last 25 years, most scientists have believed that about 70% of the universe is formed by something called ‘’dark ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Albert Einstein created a set of equations to predict the nature of our universe. Over a century later, unprecedented results from a group of scientists are consistent with his ...

The universe is expanding faster and faster, but not all scientists agree that dark energy is the cause. Perhaps, instead, our universe keeps colliding with and absorbing smaller 'baby universes,' a ...

“For the last 20 years, people believed that the cosmological constant is positive, and the universe will expand forever,” says Tye, a professor emeritus at Cornell. A positive constant acts like a ...

How will the world end? While some, like Robert Frost, have waxed poetic about the end of life on Earth—fire or ice—others have been looking to science to solve the mystery. Even still, others have ...

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The makeup and the growth of the Universe have never been clearer — or as confusing — as they’ve been revealed to be in a massive new survey of the markers astronomers use to measure the cosmos. A new ...