Dark Matter

Pablo Carlos Budassi/wikipedia, CC BY-SA Indranil Banik, University of St Andrews One of the biggest mysteries in cosmology is the rate at which the universe is expanding. This can be predicted using the standard model of cosmology, also known as Lambda-cold dark matter (ΛCDM). This model is based on detailed observations of the light left over from the Big Bang – the so-called cosmic microwave background (CMB). The universe’s expansion […]