New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest the cosmos may be much older than once believed. For ...

Is the Hubble constant—a key part of how we measure the expansion of our universe—in a crisis? Some cosmologists say yes.

As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark ...

Webb discovered dozens of small, powerful galaxies from 800 million years ago that likely drove cosmic reionization by ...

The largest map of the universe ever created is now freely available for anyone to explore, so what are you waiting for?

Astronomers using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified dozens of small galaxies that played a starring ...

The size of the universe is a question that has fascinated humanity for centuries. From ancient astronomers to modern scientists, the quest to understand the true scale of space has led to ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have been striving to measure the rate at which the Universe is expanding. Two main methods have been used: one based on observations of the cosmic microwave ...

Researchers from Aalto University played a key role in cataloguing the largest ever sample of deep galaxies in the early universe, with all the data now publicly available in an easily searchable ...

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Given that Epic Universe was constructed with two large expansion pads—both capable of hosting entirely new lands—the idea of a Zelda-themed area seems increasingly plausible. With a library ...

Fresh evidence suggests that the universe is expanding faster today than it did ... NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured many stunning images. Among the most memorable is this edge-on ...