The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the ...

The standard explanation has been dark energy, an invisible force added into the equations to make the math work. But now, an ...

Why the universe is expanding faster and faster remains one of the biggest open questions in physics. Current theories cannot ...

(via Science Asylum) Believe it not, Einstein originally thought the universe was static. It would take Alexander Friedmann to correct him. Here are the Friedmann equations, explained simply.

I'm studying for my Qual (12 days to go and counting), and currently slogging through cosmology. Something that was never explained to my satisfaction earlier is how inflation resolves the fine tuning ...