charged matter that can accelerate particles to the greatest energies in the Universe: the ultra-high energy cosmic rays that bombard us from all directions in the sky. Unlike the strong force ...

Dark matter pulls the universe and dark energy pushes, both mysteries that endure. And the discovery that a majority of the ...

Dark energy was introduced as a placeholder name for whatever force is driving ... Humanity's current best recipe for gravity, upon which our models of the universe are built, is general ...

Understanding the influence of magnetic fields could reveal an unknown force shaping the universe. Time is a fundamental aspect of our experience, yet its true nature remains one of the greatest ...

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We know relatively little about this strange expanding force behind our ballooning universe, but we know that ... provides some of the best evidence for what dark energy could be.

DESI started mapping the Universe in 3D in 2020 and was designed to measure the elusive force, known as dark energy, that is pushing galaxies apart. The surprising early results suggest that dark ...

This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe ... it creates an upward force, letting the rocket shoot skyward.