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
A new analysis of how galaxy clusters have evolved over the 13.8 billion year history of the cosmos could help resolve a long-standing tension around the “lumpiness” of our universe’s matter content. In the future, it could also help scientists solve a host of other cosmic mysteries. The first data from the eROSITA all-sky survey … 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