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  1. A catalogue of 3,000 supernovae — the largest ever assembled — is challenging existing theories of dark energy
    universetoday.com/articles/a-n
    The most comprehensive catalogue of Type Ia supernovae ever assembled has produced new clues about dark energy, the mysterious force driving the universe's accelerating expansion — and some of those c
    #science #astronomy #darkenergy

  2. Fortunately we have Doctor Who to save us. 👾

    Astrum: *Scientists Say the Universe Could End in 30 Years*

    "Scientists are predicting the end of the universe, and it could happen much sooner than we thought. For the first time, scientists have measured how dark energy is behaving right now, in the local universe, by measuring subtle shifts within our own solar system. How long do we actually have left? The answer might surprise you…"

    youtube.com/watch?v=fPIiJ3iZoJ4

    #Science #universe #astronaut #DarkEnergy

  3. The Beginnings of Man -Part 1

    The nature of Man has evolved over millions of years, changed by environmental conditions, by the response of his instinctual nature and by the actions of his ego. Man’s inner characteristics are altogether different from the ancestral root which governs other species. Why then is he so different?

    tonyaholisticblog.com/2026/08/

  4. "[S]tanding inside a New York defense contractor’s clean room in 2012, Dressler faced an assembly line of Hubble clones. They weren’t astronomy telescopes. They were spy satellites of equal capability. And one of them was being given to NASA for free.

    So begins the saga of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which now sits in Florida, ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket within weeks."

    scientificamerican.com/article

    #Telescopes #DarkEnergy #NancyGraceRoman #Cosmology

  5. Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe | NOIRLab

    noirlab.edu/public/news/noirla

    The new DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys map serves as the foundation for the largest-ever 3D map of the Universe, used to investigate dark energy

    "The newest DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys map, 13 years in the making, covers three-quarters of the sky and catalogs nearly four billion objects. This treasure trove is available to all and contains stars, galaxies, supernovae, gravitational lenses, and much more. Two NSF NOIRLab facilities contributed data to the map: the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Mayall telescope and the NSF Blanco telescope, equipped with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated DECam. …

    "The Legacy Surveys’ data will also help scientists train artificial intelligence tools to analyze petabytes of astronomical data and accelerate new discoveries. It will be among the datasets used in an astrophysics pilot project within the American Science Cloud, part of the DOE’s Genesis Mission. ..."

    #AI #DESI #LegacySurveys #DarkEnergy #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Cosmology #SpaceScience #MapOfTheUniverse #NightSky #DeepSky #SkySurvey #Universe #Cosmos

  6. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌌🔭 Ethan Siegel traces 20 decades of cosmic #discovery, from #Einstein’s 1919 #eclipse test to #JWST’s “Little Red Dot” #galaxies in the #2020s.

    Each decade gets one hallmark finding, including #darkmatter’s first hint, the #BigBang’s theoretical development, and the 1998 discovery of #darkenergy.

    👉 bigthink.com/starts-with-a-ban

    #cosmology #astronomy #space #science #hubble #exoplanets

  7. One number, two universes

    Physics' biggest headache: quantum vacuum predicts 10^{122} times more energy than we observe

    My approach:

    - Standard Model fermion spin degrees of freedom: 90

    - Same number derived from dark energy / Planck density ratio: 90.077

    They match with 0.086% accuracy.

    No new particles. No extra dimensions. No fine-tuning.

    Coincidence or clue?

    Link + Preprint:

    medium.com/@kisnorbert87/what-

    #Physics #Cosmology #DarkEnergy #StandardModel #ParticlePhysics #particlephysics

  8. One number, two universes

    Physics' biggest headache: quantum vacuum predicts 10^{122} times more energy than we observe

    My approach:

    - Standard Model fermion spin degrees of freedom: 90

    - Same number derived from dark energy / Planck density ratio: 90.077

    They match with 0.086% accuracy.

    No new particles. No extra dimensions. No fine-tuning.

    Coincidence or clue?

    Link + Preprint:

    medium.com/@kisnorbert87/what-

    #Physics #Cosmology #DarkEnergy #StandardModel #ParticlePhysics #particlephysics

  9. One number that could change physics: 90

    That’s exactly how many independent spin degrees of freedom exist in the Standard Model.

    No new physics. No fine-tuning.

    Full derivation here:

    Determination of the Cosmological Constant
    Magnitude via Phase-Space Suppression
    from the Standard Model Fermionic Spin Degrees of Freedom

    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21515348

    #physics #quantumphysics #cosmology #science #darkenergy #vacuum #StandardModel #quantumfield

  10. One number that could change physics: 90

    That’s exactly how many independent spin degrees of freedom exist in the Standard Model.

    No new physics. No fine-tuning.

    Full derivation here:

    Determination of the Cosmological Constant
    Magnitude via Phase-Space Suppression
    from the Standard Model Fermionic Spin Degrees of Freedom

    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21515348

    #physics #quantumphysics #cosmology #science #darkenergy

  11. "Through fresh analysis of supernovae data, a team of astronomers has discredited a recent study that suggested that dark energy has weakened since the early universe.
    Led by Phil Wiseman at the UK’s University of Southampton, the team showed that the apparent weakening almost disappears after accounting for a known correlation between supernova brightness and galaxy mass."
    physicsworld.com/a/cosmic-cris
    #DarkEnergy #soton

  12. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's ‘Spy Mirror’ Could Transform How We Map The Universe
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    discovermagazine.com/nasa-s-na <-- shared technical article
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    mos.org/article/ready-roman-na <-- shared technical article
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    space.com/space-exploration/th <-- shared technical article
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    youtu.be/TcjuucVEB5g?si=I93Bja <-- shared NASA Goddard technical overview video
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    youtu.be/lBAuc057pVA?si=IghhCW <-- shared media video
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    “… Roman is set to launch on August 30, 2026, and will help us gain a wider view of the universe and collect data faster than its predecessors, such as the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope will do so thanks to the incredible equipment and instruments built into it.
    These instruments include the primary mirror, which was gifted to NASA by a U.S. intelligence agency, the Wide Field Instrument, and an advanced coronograph. Altogether, these instruments could help us map out more of the universe than we ever imagined.
    “It is an incredible feat of precision engineering. It's quite possibly the most complex scientific instrument that NASA has ever built,” Dominic Benford, …program scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope…”
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    “Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, the ‘mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,’ the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble's, potentially measuring light from a billion galaxies in its lifetime. This observatory will also be able to block starlight to directly see exoplanets and planet-forming disks, complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics…”
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    The Roman Space Telescope is engineered to investigate the biggest mysteries in astrophysics:
    • Dark Energy & Dark Matter: By surveying billions of galaxies and mapping their distribution, Roman will explore why the universe's expansion is accelerating and trace cosmic history.
    • Exoplanets: It will utilize gravitational microlensing to complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, aiming to find thousands of exoplanets, including elusive rogue planets.
    • Infrared Astrophysics: The telescope's deep, crisp infrared vision will help astronomers measure light from up to a billion galaxies over its lifetime.
    #coronograph #astronomy #mapping #exoplanets #universe #telescope #spacetelescope #darkenergy #darkmatter #NancyGrace #NASA #Roman #astrophysics #cosmic #infrared #launch #WideFieldInstrument #instumentation #exploration extraterrestrial observatory #space #remotesensing #galacticbulge #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #supernova
    @nasa @nasa Goddard @Discover Magazine

  13. The instability of critical and underdense Friedmann spacetimes at the Big Bang as an alternative to dark energy: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsp -> Taking #DarkEnergy Out of the Equation: ucdavis.edu/blog/taking-dark-e - UC Davis Mathematicians Challenge the Standard Cosmological Model of the Universe.

  14. New 3D map of Universe by Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (#DESI) could solve #darkenergy mystery
    Analyses of DESI data from earlier runs have already produced exciting hints of new physics—namely that the Universe’s dark energy, rather than being constant, might vary over time. The latest data must still be analyzed but could help definitively confirm or disprove those hints within the next couple of years.
    arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

  15. #KnowledgeByte: Combining the #DarkEnergy Spectroscopic Instrument (#DESI) data with other experiments shows signs that the impact of dark energy may be weakening over time — and the standard model of how the #Universe works may need an update.

    knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Is-D