Astronomers have uncovered a hidden population of dusty galaxies that formed just one billion years after the Big Bang, offering a new glimpse into the universe’s formative years. An international ...

Faint structures play a crucial role in cosmic development, and scientists are only just beginning to grasp their full extent ...

Scientists have detected a persistent background hum of gravitational waves. This cosmic hum is a new way to explore the ...

A physicist proposes that the universe might not be empty but act like a viscous fluid, resisting expansion. This bold idea ...

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos is heading toward a dramatic reversal: after ...

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

The “horizon” he points to isn’t a doorway to the divine, other scientists say. Yet, modern physics has been trying to answer questions once left to religion.

A new survey of distant galaxies undertaken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing new secrets of the "cosmic noon"—when galaxies in the young universe underwent something of an awkward ...