Very early dark energy (vEDE) may have accelerated the universe’s expansion just 380,000 years after the Big Bang, new ...

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This weekend, the Adler Planetarium is taking visitors on two fascinating journeys — one exploring the science and mystery of ...

New strategies may soon allow scientists to test dark energy theories within our own solar system, linking cosmic-scale physics to local observation. Science advances through a cycle of proposing ...

The award “recognises and encourages young scientists up to the age of 45 years who have made an exceptional contribution in ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...

Astrophysicists at the University of Chicago have developed physics-based models suggesting that dark energy could be ...

A mysterious gamma-ray glow from the Milky Way's core has scientists divided. While pulsars were the leading theory, new ...

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The aptly named SWEET project was developed by a team of researchers to use sugar crystals for detecting hypothetical light ...

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