The expansion of the universe is accelerating as the force of dark energy wins out over the pull of all the universe's collective gravity. As every object in space moves farther and farther away from ...

(via Dr. Becky) How will the Universe end? Crucially, the future depends on the knife point balance between how much stuff there is in the universe all attracted together by gravity, vs how much ...

How would the universe end? Neil DeGrasse Tyson thinks everything in the universe is going to be pulled to shreds at the sub-atomic level. The current director of the Hayden Planetarium at the ...

The universe is temporarily taking the form of 'me'We usually think of ourselves as 'a single human being existing within the ...

(via Kurzgesagt) Can we survive the heat death of the universe? One day, the last star will die, galaxies will dissolve, and black holes will evaporate. The universe becomes a cold, empty void where ...

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By rethinking gravity and cosmic timelines, it could rewrite our ...

Whether the universe will “end” at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity’s cosmic home for a very, very long time. Our understanding of the future of the ...

Hydrogen may be the most common element in the cosmos, but scientists could use it to do something unique: uncover the nature ...

An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be straightforward. Objects are still emitting light, and that light takes time to travel ...