For a long time, astronomers believed galaxy formation followed a very specific model: cosmic gas collects in clumps, stars ...

The Epoch of Reionization — the universe’s last major transition — may have happened earlier than previously thought.

Space-time may not be continuous but instead made up of many discrete bits – and we may be able to see their effects near the ...

A compound lens forged by two galaxies is helping astronomers get a bead on the Hubble Constant and dark energy.

The James Webb Space Telescope unveils the 'Einstein zig-zag,' a double gravitational lensing phenomenon, reshaping our understanding of warped space-time and cosmic expansion.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument uses a telescope in Tucson, Arizona, to create a map of the universe's ...

These are giant, circular arrangements of galaxies found all throughout space. They're actually spheres, the fossils of acoustic waves that propagated through the early Universe, and then froze when ...

Magnetic fields are everywhere in the universe. Of course, there's Earth's magnetic field, which deflects dangerous cosmic ...

New research into dark matter suggests it might have originated from a "Dark Big Bang," distinct from the traditional Big ...

One of the greatest astronomer's, who changed our entire understanding of the universe, was born 135 years ago today ...

The James Webb telescope has spotted three gigantic "red monster" galaxies that were spawned soon after the Big Bang. They're ...

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