Type Ia supernovae are affectionately called "standard candles" in astronomy. They're blessedly predictable, so we use them to measure distances. The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics went to three ...
About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Published in 1915, and already widely accepted worldwide by ...
The expanding universe is one of the most fascinating and far-reaching discoveries in modern science. At its core lies a profound realisation—that the cosmos is not static but constantly stretching, ...
The universe is expanding, and while that fact is fascinating, it also creates a question that trips people up: if it’s growing, what exactly is it expanding into? Our brains are used to picturing ...
The universe's expansion may actually have started to slow rather than accelerating at an ever-increasing rate as previously thought, a new study suggests. "Remarkable" findings published today in ...
Rob Coyne receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what ...