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Dark Energy Variability: New Insights from Multinational Study

10/5/2025

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Summary

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Anowar Jaman Shajib suggests dark energy may vary, altering the universe’s fate.
A multinational team used Japan’s Fugaku to test dark-energy constancy against Lambda-CDM (?CDM).
Canadian astrophysicist Rajendra Gupta claims dark matter and energy are illusions, predicting a 26.7-billion-year universe.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finds mature galaxies and supermassive black holes within 800 million years after the Big Bang.

History

Historical Context

The discovery of the universe's accelerated expansion in 1998, supported by the Supernova Cosmology Project, led to the Lambda-CDM model, which posits that about 68% of the universe is dark energy. Recent suggestions by Anowar Jaman Shajib regarding dark energy's variability echo debates from the late 20th century, highlighting ongoing challenges in understanding cosmic dynamics and the universe's fate.

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Story summary

Anowar Jaman Shajib suggests dark energy may vary, altering the universe’s fate.
A multinational team used Japan’s Fugaku to test dark-energy constancy against Lambda-CDM (?CDM).
Canadian astrophysicist Rajendra Gupta claims dark matter and energy are illusions, predicting a 26.7-billion-year universe.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finds mature galaxies and supermassive black holes within 800 million years after the Big Bang.

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