The Universe presents an extraordinary level of balance that has fascinated scientists and thinkers for centuries. From the ...

Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the ...

A monster galaxy from the early universe shows that the cosmos was rich with oxygen when it was only less than 3% of its ...

A new theoretical study proposes a radical idea in the search for dark matter—using the surface of Ganymede, Jupiter’s ...

For decades, scientists suspected this ion played a critical role in cooling the early cosmos, helping the first gas clouds ...

A mystery signal in space has shocked scientists, what could have been? Imagine listening to the universe, yes, as if it was ...

A team of international scientists who are part of the Cosmic Evolution Survey program (COSMOS) created and released the map of the universe Thursday, June 5. Compiled from more than 10,000 images ...

The first chemical reactions in the wake of the Big Bang have been recreated for the first time in conditions similar to ...

A new kind of stellar explosion provides a novel way to probe the distant universe, according to new results published today ...

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...

“This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe’s first light emerged from the darkness,” said co-author Professor Anastasia Fialkov from Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy.

Our universe is filled with particles, such as electrons and protons, which make up all the stuff on our planet and beyond: animals, plants, people, planets, asteroids, stars, gas clouds, and ...