Dark Cosmology Centre > Research

Dark Cosmology Centre (DARK, for short) studies the cosmological aspects of the ‘dark Universe'. 

Cosmology has come of age. We are now in a position to outline the general features of the Universe, its observable size, age, and principal constituents, to an accuracy of a few percent. We have a very general impression of when most major events occurred, from the Big Bang to the formation of life.

DARK aims to understand how these major events occurred, what is the physics behind them, and how the most fundamental constituents of our Universe operate. We pose the most fundamental questions about the structure, history, and evolution of the Universe we live in, and attempt to answer them.

• What is the overall structure of the Universe, what are its basic constituents?
• What is the history of the observable Universe, how were stars and galaxies and their central black holes created and how did they evolve?

Through theoretical investigations, and observations of cosmic lighthouses such as gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and quasars, DARK aims to find the keys to the very distant, very young Universe.