That is, there may not be a conflict after all, and our standard model of the universe does not need to be significantly modified.

One of the core components of cosmology is the understanding that the universe is expanding evenly in all directions. But new X-ray observations now suggest that this may not be the case after all ...

Regarding the expanding universe which recent observations shows is accelerating: I understand that not everything is expanding, just the space between galaxies. Is that correct? If so, why ...

On the largest scales, galaxies, clusters and even grander structures all fly apart from one another. So why do solar systems, stars, planets and humans stay the same if the Universe is expanding?

Our universe is expanding, but our two main ways to measure how fast this expansion is happening have resulted in different answers. An astronomer gives an overview of the most recent observations ...

It’s not that galaxies expand unnoticeably, they don’t expand at all. The full solution, then, is both the cosmic and the local solutions stitched together: expanding space between non ...