The new study used the known distance to a galaxy called M106/NGC 4258 — a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici — as a reference point. The universe is expanding faster than astronomers ...

Observations don’t match the predictions of the standard model—and it’s not just a fluke.

To turn that distance into a Hubble constant, you also need the event’s redshift, which is tied to how fast the source is receding due to cosmic expansion. Standard approaches get the redshift by ...

Whatever dark energy is, explanations for it have less wiggle room following a Hubble Space Telescope observation that has refined the measurement of the universe’s ...

Hubble’s measurements of today’s expansion rate do not match the rate that was expected based on how the Universe appeared shortly after the Big Bang over 13 billion years ago. Using new data from the ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

Using a new framework, astronomers arrived at the most precise measurement of our universe’s expansion rate—but things still don’t add up, they say. Reading time 3 minutes One major, unsolved problem ...

A fresh look at the Trifid Nebula shows a dynamic region where powerful stellar winds continue to spark new stars into life.