Cosmology is already a complicated field of study, so switching up the variables is extra rough.

Scientists have long held that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate, driven by a mysterious but measurable ...

Dark-energy evidence suggests the universe will end in a “big crunch” roughly 20 billion years from now. The universe is nearing the halfway point of what may be a 33-billion-year lifespan, according ...

Unraveling the mysteries of how the world might end is fascinating and terrifying. It's a topic that sparks our imagination, ...

We know how the universe began. An event we call the Big Bang started it all about 13.8 billion years ago. How the universe ends, though, is an open question. The path forward depends on the ...

“If confirmed, this would have profound implications for the fate of the universe,” said The Guardian. The study raises the ...

But new studies suggest that one of his most famous ideas, the cosmological constant, may not be fixed after all. If true, it ...

For centuries, people have looked to the stars, asking how it all began—and how it might end. Now, thanks to a bold new study by physicists from Cornell University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and ...

Dark energy is one of the most mysterious concepts in all of the cosmos. We know very little about what it is but it just might play an overwhelming role in the death of the universe. Often referred ...

As if dark energy weren't already mysterious and baffling enough, new research suggests that this unknown force may not be ...

Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven by an invisible force called dark energy. But new data suggest that this is ...