dark energy

The mysterious energy driving the universe's expansion and shaping its ultimate fate.

Articles about dark energy

Space
Space as a Sticky Fluid?

Space as a Sticky Fluid?
A late‑2025 arXiv preprint proposes that the vacuum behaves like a viscous, elastic medium with 'spatial phonons'—a phenomenological model that the author says can reconcile tensi…
Science
2025: Space, Stones and Conscious Minds

2025: Space, Stones and Conscious Minds
A wide-angle review of 2025’s defining science stories — from Webb’s puzzling ‘little red dots’ and DESI’s hints that dark energy may be changing, to a wave of archaeological find…
Physics
Universe May End in 33 Billion Years

Universe May End in 33 Billion Years
A new theoretical analysis using recent dark‑energy measurements argues the cosmos could reverse and collapse in a ‘big crunch’ in roughly 33 billion years; the result depends on …