Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

University of Chicago astronomer Wendy Freedman tells us how she's searching for an answer to the Hubble tension — a discrepancy between measurements of our universe's expansion that could threaten ...

To many cosmologists, the best thing about neutron-star mergers is that these events scream into space an otherwise close-kept secret of the universe. Scientists combined the gravitational and ...

New research suggests that a troubling disparity in the rate of expansion of the universe, known as the Hubble constant, may arise from the fact Earth sits in a vast underdense region of the cosmos.

Hubble’s measurements of today’s expansion rate do not match the rate that was expected based on how the Universe appeared shortly after the Big Bang over 13 billion years ago. Using new data from the ...

How old is the universe—and how fast is it expanding? These are part of one of the biggest—and most contested—questions in science, and the answers could change our understanding of physics. In this ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Ever since the early 20 th century, we’ve known that the universe ...

The universe is expanding. But how fast? Why is this happening? And what will be the universe’s ultimate fate? These are big, literally cosmic questions, and astronomers continue to struggle to nail ...

An analysis has produced the most precise summation to date of the universe’s dark energy and dark matter contents. reading time 3 minutes A new analysis of more than 1,500 supernovae has put fresh ...

The question of how fast the universe is expanding continues to confound scientists. Although it might seem like a fairly straightforward issue, the reality is that it has been perplexing the best ...

July Celebration to Mark 10th Anniversary of Gruber International Prize Program, Which Began with Cosmology Prize June 3, 2009, New York, New York — The recipients of the 2009 Cosmology Prize of the ...

For the first time, an international research team led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy ...