James M. Sullivan

Data from the DESI galaxy survey hint: dark energy was more powerful in the past than today. This 'phantom' behavior threatens the Universe with a Big Rip — a finale where even atoms disintegrate. But the KMIX model explains this as an illusion. Two fundamental fields — like a distorting mirror — warp our picture: constant energy appears variable.

Cosmology is like an orchestra where different sections suddenly start playing out of sync. Measurements of the universe's expansion rate (the Hubble constant) from the early and late universe give different numbers.