What is dark energy? Why does dark energy seem to be weakening? Is our universe part of a larger multiverse? What lies beyond the boundary of a black hole? The universe seems to be rotating, and if ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows off an infrared view of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy. In simplest terms, the rate at which the universe expands on paper doesn’t match actual ...

Hubble tension reveals discrepancies in cosmic expansion rates, leading to investigations of rotating universes and their ...

One of astronomy's biggest puzzles may have been solved by a new theory that suggests the universe may rotate at an extremely slow rate. Current models suggest the universe is expanding evenly in all ...

In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers have tried two main methods to figure it out, but their numbers don’t ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2022, continues to reshape how we view the cosmos. Designed to look deeper into space and further back in time than any previous instrument, it has ...

The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, is a spiral galaxy located 31 million light-years away. Credit: NASA A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by researchers including István Szapudi ...

Could the universe be spinning like a giant top? This idea, proposed by physicist Nikodem Poplawski, opens surprising perspectives concerning dark energy and the structure of the cosmos. Observations ...

A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by researchers including István Szapudi of the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy suggests the universe may rotate—just ...