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Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history
Gravity pulls us to earth, a lesson you learn viscerally the first time you fall. Isaac Newton described gravity as a ...
New form of dark matter could solve decades-old Milky Way mystery
Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central ...
Physicists Think They’ve Finally Seen Evidence of String Theory
Last month, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collective reported that dark energy is evolving—specifically ...
symmetry magazine11d
A new side to dark energy steps into the light
First discovered in the 1990s, dark energy has come to feel like a familiar face of the cosmos. Astronomers first imagined ...
Physicists claim to have found the first true evidence supporting string theory
Researchers say they discovered observational evidence of string theory, which could turn everything we know about the ...
ScienceAlert2d
New Form of Dark Matter May Explain Milky Way's Core Mysteries
The CMZ spans almost 700 light years and contains some of the most dense molecular gas in the galaxy. Over the years, ...
China Daily9d
Astronomers' dark energy breakthrough sheds new light on cosmic accelerated expansion
Leading this quest is the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a global collaboration involving over 70 institutions.
China’s NAOC announces breakthrough in probing dark energy
China's National Astronomical Observatories holds a press conference for a major scientific breakthrough in the study of dark ...
Singularity Hub7d
Dark Energy Discovery Could Undermine Our Entire Model of Cosmological History
Last month, a press release announced groundbreaking findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI), which is installed on the Mayall Telescope in Arizona. This vast survey, containing ...
The Independent15d
Space discovery could change everything we know about the history of the universe
A few days ago, a new press release announced groundbreaking findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI), which is installed on the Mayall Telescope in Arizona. This vast survey ...