It has been more than twenty years since dark energy was discovered. Scientists have therefore had more than twenty years to decipher the secrets of this invisible substance that seems to be pulling the universe apart. Yet they still know virtually nothing about it. Dark energy may not even be a substance. It could be … Read more
As people struggle to understand dark energy, the mysterious force driving the accelerated expansion of the universe, scientists are beginning to wonder about something rather futuristic. Can computers do better? Well, initial results from a team that used artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to infer the influence of dark energy with unprecedented precision may suggest an … Read more
Plans for the successor to the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), are in full swing. The new atom smasher, called the Future Circular Collider (FCC), will dwarf the LHC in size and power. It will fuse particles with so much energy that scientists say it could be able … Read more
While our universe floats in all directions like an indestructible balloon – thanks to dark energy, a force completely hidden from the human eye – Dillon Brout is an astrophysicist trying to understand everything. Brout wishes to reveal the strange correlation that exists between the invisible and visible universes, to understand how the fabric of … Read more
A survey of more than 1,500 supernovae conducted by the Dark Energy Camera has placed strong constraints on the accelerating expansion of the universe. The results suggest that the mysterious force driving this cosmic acceleration, dark energy, can change over time and vary in density, challenging the standard model of cosmology. Related: Dark energy remains … Read more