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Dark energy, the mysterious force that makes up 70 percent of everything in existence, was hypothesized to explain why the expansion of the universe was accelerating. Ever since, it’s been thought of as a constant, immutable presence.

Now, the

The Earth is exposed to restless forces that are never still or settled. Over thousands of years, it has shifted, cracked, and reformed itself in ways both violent and gradual.

Ice has come and gone, swallowing landscapes and then revealing them…

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of gas giant planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a distant star.

The star, known as HR 8799, is 130 lightyears away – a stone’s throw in cosmic terms – and was already known to…

Will you see the “double sunrise” on March 29, 2025? That day, we will see a partial solar…

Dormant genes on the X chromosome may reawaken in old age, potentially giving the aging female brain a boost that the male brain doesn’t receive.

This phenomenon may help to explain why, on many measures, females show a higher level of cognitive…

The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled the first survey data from its Euclid mission. The images feature a spectacular collection of galaxies, clusters, and deep cosmic fields. This release previews what will soon become one of the largest…

Just over two weeks after a total lunar eclipse, the U.S. will be dazzled by a partial solar eclipse. For skywatchers in the northeastern U.S. and Canada this week, it will appear as though the moon took a bite out of the sun.

What it is: Sunset on the moon, part of the first collection of high-definition imagery of a lunar sunset

Where it is: Mons Latreille, a mountain in the moon’s Mare Crisium (“Sea of Crises”) basin

Near the small town of Herstmonceux in the English county of East Sussex sits the former home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. The Royal Observatory Greenwich was first built in Greenwich, London, in 1675. At this original location, the…