Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that ...

If dark energy is weakening, it stands to reason that eventually gravity will become dominant and the universe will begin to ...

Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama ...

In recent years, one of the most troubling puzzles in astrophysics has grown more urgent. Scientists have realized that the ...

A new model of space-time may have provided the "first observational evidence supporting string theory," according to a study ...

A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.

U.S. National Laboratories (Argonne, Lawrence Livermore, and Oak Ridge) possess three of the world’s fastest exascale ...

A new theory challenges the standard model of cosmology, arguing that dark matter and dark energy are not the forces behind cosmic expansion.

First discovered in the 1990s, dark energy has come to feel like a familiar face of the cosmos. Astronomers first imagined this unseen entity as a constant presence that has, since the beginning, ...

In a study published in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity, Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), which is a part of The University of Alabama ...