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Dark energy is weakening and the universe could (eventually) collapse, study says
Dark energy, a mysterious force that scientists believe is behind the accelerated expansion of the universe, is weakening — which could result in the universe over the course of billions of years ...
Smithsonian Magazine
Mysterious Dark Energy Might Be Weakening—and That Could Upend Predictions About the End of the Universe
DESI, seen here beneath star trails, aims to create a 3D map of the universe. PNO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / B. Tafreshi Dark energy, a mysterious force that drives the accelerating expansion of the ...
IFLScience
Dark Energy Might Be Changing – This Is What It Means For Our Understanding Of The Cosmos
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
THE WEEK
Dark energy may not doom the universe, data suggests
Scientists with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), an international research collaboration, presented new evidence Wednesday that bolstered its recent finding that dark energy is not ...
OPB
Dark energy is weakening and the universe could (eventually) collapse, study says
An international group of more than 900 researchers studying the expansion of the universe presented their findings on Wednesday during the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit in Anaheim ...
Popular Mechanics
Dark Energy Might Actually Be an Illusion, Scientists Say
Our current cosmological model—known as lambda cold dark matter, or ΛCDM—relies on hypothesized dark energy to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe. However, one competing theory known ...
Space.com
Cosmic voids may explain the universe's acceleration without dark energy
New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. When you purchase ...
The Conversation
Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history
David Weinberg receives funding from the National Science Foundation and NASA that supports his dark energy research. Ashley Ross receives funding from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to support his ...
Yahoo
Evidence mounts that universe's dark energy is changing over time
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New data involving millions of galaxies and luminous galactic cores is providing fresh evidence that the enigmatic and invisible cosmic force called dark energy - responsible ...
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Why ‘Evolving’ Dark Energy Worries Some Physicists
An artist’s concept of the dark energy-driven accelerating expansion of the universe. New results suggest dark energy’s influence on cosmic expansion has weakened over time. In 2024 a shockwave ...