Last year, our most detailed map of the universe yet suggested our understanding of dark energy has been wrong for decades. The shock result is reigniting the search for a better cosmic story ...

Lead image: This artist’s conception depicts how the formation of the universe’s first stars may have appeared. Dense clouds of hydrogen and helium likely collapsed inward, increasing pressure and ...

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

The discovery made by a large research team challenges the existing models of the universe.

Astronomers used RR Lyrae stars to trace the early Milky Way, revealing a rapid formation of its halo and disk, with chemical patterns similar to Andromeda.

The early universe is perhaps one of the biggest mysteries of our time, and while we've come close to unraveling some of those earliest mysteries thanks to advancing tech like the James Webb Space ...

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Learn how supermassive black holes may be suppressing star formation in nearby galaxies.

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...

Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy! The brightest spots are galaxies that are powered by supermassive black holes and shine bright in radio light. But ...

Whether you realize it or not, you’re part of a revolution. Let me explain. In the past, ideas to interpret the nature of things developed slowly. Before there was astronomy, there was astrology, ...