This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

Dark energy may have a completely unknown aspect of physics acting as an accomplice in its efforts to defy gravity, ...

A new map of cosmic expansion suggests that dark energy evolves over time, hinting that the universe doesn’t work the way we ...

When telescopes capture light from the most distant sources, astronomers are gaining a glimpse of the Universe in its infancy: the finite speed of light implies that, the farther away a cosmic ...

Dark energy, in the form of a cosmological constant (Λ), has been seen as responsible for the accelerating expansion of space, holding a steady energy density.

A four-person crew will spend three to five days aboard a SpaceX capsule orbiting above the poles of Earth — a flight path ...

The country has had a spectacular solar journey so far. But as power demand soars, the real challenge lies ahead: adding ...

These dark elements of the cosmos have come to be known as dark energy, a mysterious force that causes the expansion of ...

We’ve long been told that mysterious dark matter makes up the bulk of our universe. And yet, a new study suggests that this is not – and, indeed, cannot – be true. The research, published in ...