DES image of the Bullet galaxy cluster

Astronomy & Observing News

The Dark Energy Survey Weighs in on Cosmic Tensions

The final release of data from the Dark Energy Survey widens tensions in our understanding of the cosmic evolution.

Two fan-shape areas on black background. Within the fans, cosmic web distribution of galaxies can be seen

Astronomy & Observing News

New Data Hint at Changing Dark Energy — and a Different Cosmic Fate

New data hint that dark energy is weakening over time. If true, it means that our most trusted cosmological models may be wrong.

Star circles above white telescope dome

Astronomy & Observing News

Release of 4,000 Supernovae to Aid Cosmology

A new survey contains 3,628 Type Ia supernovae — the exploding white dwarfs that astronomers use as cosmological toeholds to gauge our expanding universe.

Astronomy & Observing News

Euclid Space Telescope Launches to Explore Dark Energy, Dark Matter

The European Space Agency’s new space telescope promises to unlock a key mystery of modern cosmology.

Dark Energy Survey

Astronomy & Observing News

Dark Energy Survey Catalogs 226 Million Galaxies

The latest release from the Dark Energy Survey catalogs millions of galaxies, mapping the history of galaxy clustering across space and time.

EBOSS map of the universe

Astronomy & Observing News

New 3D Map of the Universe — and a Growing Cosmological Debate

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has released a new map of the universe — and the results confirm ongoing tension over the expansion rate of the universe.

Gravitational lensing

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Hubble Sheds Light on Dark Matter and Cosmic Expansion

The Hubble Space Telescope, which will celebrate its 30th birthday this April, has images cosmic mirages that yield two remarkable cosmological results.

Astronomy & Observing News

Dark Energy Survey Releases First Three Years of Data

Results from the first data release of the Dark Energy Survey include eleven new stellar streams in the Milky Way galaxy.

Experiment set-up

Astronomy & Observing News

Is Dark Energy a Chameleon?

A lab experiment has all but nixed one of the theories of dark energy, a mysterious force pushing the universe apart.

Astronomy Questions & Answers

The Kavli Foundation Q&A: Dwarf Galaxies and the Quest for Dark Matter

Satellite dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way should help scientists better grasp the universe's evolution while also homing in on dark matter's identity.

Illustris simulation's view of the universe

Cosmology

Best Model Yet for Cosmic Evolution

Astronomers have created the most realistic computer simulation of the universe’s evolution to date, tracking activity across 13 billion years of cosmic history.

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Quasars Track Expanding Universe

The most precise measurement yet of the Hubble parameter illuminates dark energy — the elusive entity that’s accelerating the universe’s expansion.