Never has a measurement of cosmic expansion achieved such precision. It reveals that the universe is expanding faster than what the standard model of cosmology predicts, worsening the famous ...

The universe is expanding 'too fast', a study has warned – and scientists have no idea why. An international team of astronomers have carried out some of the most precise measurements yet of how ...

Scientists know our universe is expanding. Now they have a better idea how fast. Cosmologists who study the universe know it began with the big bang and has been expanding from a single point ever ...

"It's not every day that you come up with an entirely new tool for cosmology." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A team of ...

The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The local universe may ...

A novel theory suggests that the current expansion rate of the universe is not fixed, but was in fact quite different in the early universe—and that the universe could start contracting at some point.