Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing the ...

UC Santa Cruz professor shares one of cosmology's highest honors with Alex Filippenko at UC Berkeley and Ken Nomoto at the ...

One of the most fundamental assumptions about our Universe may actually be incorrect, potentially reshaping humanity's entire ...

For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with ...

The conclusion of DESI's first survey marks an important milestone for cosmology, which finds itself in a bind for the best reasons.

For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American What do we really know about our universe?

This sketch is of the cosmic microwave background timeline of the universe in the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model. The accelerated expansion shown in the last third of the timeline represents the dark ...