In May 1999, Perlmutter and his colleagues published a paper in Science that outlined their ideas about a newly understood force in the universe — dark energy. “The universe is made up mostly ...

The aim of the five-year programme is to shed light on Dark Energy - the mysterious force thought to drive an accelerated expansion of the Universe. The instrument effectively contains 5,000 mini ...

"Even higher dark energy densities could support life," Sorini said. This surprising find suggests that our universe, far from being optimal, might be an outlier in the grand multiversal scheme.