The expansion of the universe is still accelerating under the influence of dark energy, despite recent claims to the contrary ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - Taking a fresh look at data involving a specific type of stellar explosion, a ...

Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in the universe. When ...

Scientists confirm the universe is still expanding faster, refuting a recent challenge that questioned the existence of dark energy.

The universe is stretching apart faster than our current theories of physics can explain, and a new study has just confirmed that the discrepancy is not a fluke. By funneling decades of data into the ...

The universe might not be expanding as we thought, study says - Until now, we have believed that the universe’s expansion is ...

In theory, a universe can come in any shape or size, but scientists prefer to think about three basic kinds of universes: one that’s expanding, one that’s collapsing, and one that stays the same. Out ...

Fresh analysis of stellar explosions challenges recent claims that cosmic acceleration had slowed, strengthening evidence ...

The surface of Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, good ol' Earth helps us understand what the universe might be doing beyond ...

Liam Desre, a teen from Kingston, Ontario, won a top prize at this year’s Canada-Wide Science Fair for his theory about the ...