But there are several important anomalies, including a widely debated one called the Hubble tension. It is named after Edwin ...

Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...

For a generation, cosmologists have treated dark energy as a fixed backdrop, a steady pressure stretching space faster and ...

Astronomers announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old ...

To explore this long-standing mystery, an international team of scientists formed a group known as the Collaboration for ...

Scientists are a step closer to solving one of the universe's biggest mysteries as new research finds evidence that two of ...

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led ...

New research suggests the universe may be lopsided. Cosmic microwave background and galaxy data hint at directional differences, challenging cosmology’s assumption of uniformity and standard ...

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark ...

Over its planned two-year mission, the $488 million telescope will scan the entire night sky every six months and collect ...