"There are more questions than answers at this point." Dark energy could have an accomplice that helps it slow the growth of large cosmic structures, such as vast superclusters made up of clusters ...

The dark energy's impact may be weakening over time, according to new results from the DESI collaboration, which includes ...

Scientists are homing in on the nature of a mysterious force called dark energy, and nothing short of the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. The force is enormous — it makes up nearly 70 ...

Dark energy makes up roughly 70% of the universe, yet we know nothing about it. Around 25% of the universe is the equally mysterious dark matter, leaving just 5% for everything that we can see and ...

A visualization of a 3D map of the universe, with Earth at the center and every dot representing a galaxy. Image: DESI collaboration and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R ...

Energy innovation can take many forms, and the variety in energy research was on display at the summit. ARPA-E, part of the ...

If dark energy is in fact weakening, it would likely mean that science's understanding of how the universe works will need to be rewritten. The new findings come from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...

Dark matter is thought to pull galaxies together, while dark energy pushes them apart The European space telescope Euclid, a veritable ‘detective of the dark universe’ aided by AI and humans ...