An illustration of distant quasar, supermassive black hole-powered objects that can be used to constrain the parameters of theories of gravity. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser A recent study has investigated teleparallel…
Category: Cosmology
New model suggests partner anti-universe could explain accelerated expansion without the need for dark energy
A depiction of a universe-antiuniverse pair. Credit: Wikipedia, CC The accelerated expansion of the present universe, believed to be driven by a mysterious dark energy, is one of the greatest…
The universe’s accelerated expansion might be slowing down
DESI has made the largest 3D map of our universe to date. Earth is at the center of this thin slice of the full map. In the magnified section, it…
Discovery of unexpected ultramassive galaxies may not rewrite cosmology, but still leaves questions
By observing different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope are able to see different things in the same parts of the universe.…
What is dark energy? Inside our accelerating, expanding universe
The history of the universe is outlined in this infographic. Credit: NASA Some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began with a rapid expansion we call the Big Bang. After…
Researchers study a million galaxies to find out how the universe began
by Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo Figure 1: An image obtained from observations of large-scale structure of the universe. The numerous…
Physicists answer question of Supergalactic Plane’s absent spiral galaxies
Artist concept of the Milky Way. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Astrophysicists say they have found an answer to why spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way are largely missing from a part…
