THIS book, the author tells us, is a sequel to “The Cause, Date, and Duration of the Last Glacial Epoch,” of which we published a short notice last year. The last work was founded on misconception and ...

This story was updated at 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 18. Mathematicians have proposed an alternative explanation forthe accelerating expansion of the universe that does not rely on the mystifyingidea of dark ...

There’s been a whirlwind of commentary of late speculating that the acceleration of the expanding universe might not be real after all. It follows the publication this month of a new look at ...

The universe’s accelerating expansion has long puzzled physicists. For decades, dark energy, an unseen force thought to make up nearly 70% of the cosmos, has been the leading explanation. But a new ...