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

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.

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.

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 ...

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

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

One of humanity’s gifts is the ability to know a staggering truth without going mad. The late, great author Douglas Adams ...

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

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

Edwin Hubble, a renowned astronomer, revolutionized our understanding of the universe. He proved the existence of galaxies ...

Scientists test the famous physicist’s predictions by calculating the distortion of time and space. Why is the expansion of ...