If scientists confirm an anisotropic expansion, it would challenge the assumption that the universe has no preferred directions.

Scientists have identified a colossal superstructure of dark matter, marking a significant advancement in cosmological research ...

This rare event offers a unique opportunity to explore the universe, including probing the fundamental properties of the ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

But they’ve been elusive in the distant early universe — until now — because of the obscuring cosmic microwave background left over from the Big Bang. “It’s only because this object is so extreme that ...

"This process is like a cosmic CT scan, where we can look through different slices of cosmic history and track how matter clumped together at different epochs." ...

Astronomers have spied a monster radio jet in the distant universe that’s twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy.

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries ... “Their absence has previously been attributed to the cosmic microwave background (leftover radiation from 13.8 billion years ...

Neutrinos are ghostly subatomic particles that can travel in a straight line for billions of light-years, passing unhindered ...

The ancient object formed when the universe was less than 10% of its ... has previously been attributed to the cosmic microwave background (leftover radiation from 13.8 billion years ago), which ...

Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe—a vast network of galaxy clusters and superclusters containing an astonishing 200 quadrillion solar ...

Sebastian Currier’s “Mysterium” is based on the husband-and-wife team of scientist Robbert Dijkgraaf and novelist Pia de Jong.