New research using a space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein presents evidence that the invisible backbone of the ...

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

The standard cosmological model (present-day version of "Big Bang," called Lambda-CDM) gives an age of the universe close to ...

This idea is called the big bang model—which is an unfortunate name because it brings to mind a cosmos expanding like an ...

You might think galaxies can’t ever find each other in our runaway cosmos, but it turns out gravity can sometimes overcome ...

Neutrino particles have extremely small masses, yet there are so many of them that they carve out the large-scale structure ...

When you look up at the night sky, it seems deep black with bright stars scattered across it. That familiar view leads many ...

Astronomers used James Webb Space Telescope data to determine the density of the universe's most mysterious "stuff." ...

"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up." ...

Did you know? The official average colour of the universe is known as “Cosmic latte”, a warm, creamy beige born from light ...

New radio observations of molecular gas reveal how dozens of galaxies could have rapidly merged together in the early ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter, revealing the invisible framework that shaped the Universe long before stars and galaxies formed. Using powerful new observations ...