Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

For decades, scientists have been grappling with a curious mismatch in the measured rate of the universe’s expansion—a conundrum known as the “Hubble tension.” Scientists have advanced a notion that ...

Could the universe be rotating at an imperceptible speed? An extremely slow rotation, occurring once every 500 billion years, might explain discrepancies in measurements of its expansion. This ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Sanjaya Paudel et al 2024 ApJL / Legacy survey viewer Astronomers have discovered a group ...

In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers have tried two main methods to figure it out, but their numbers don’t ...

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In the wake of bombshell findings that suggest dark energy might be weakening as the universe expands, physicists are considering replacing the standard cosmological model of the universe with exotic ...

Ian G. McCarthy receives funding from UKRI's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). He works for Liverpool John Moores University. Given how unfathomably large the universe is, it is ...