The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates with new data from dark-energy observatories. After expanding to its peak size about 11 billion ...

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new paper adjusts an equation that defines our universe in response to recent new data. The cosmological constant, which describes how our universe ...

Depending on how you look at it, the universe might not have an "end," after all. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephen DiKerby, Michigan State University (THE CONVERSATION) Advertisement Article ...