They show up as a mathematical solution in general relativity, basically as a time-reversed version of a black hole. Some ...
Space is full of surprises, and in 2025, astronomers witnessed one of the most extraordinary events ever registered: a gamma-ray burst (GRB) that lasted seven ...
"This data provides us with rare insight into how galaxies were transformed in the early universe." ...
A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.
Neutrino particles have extremely small masses, yet there are so many of them that they carve out the large-scale structure ...
A physicist proposes that the universe is not empty space, but is a viscous fluid, fueling the expansion and contraction we see.
You might think galaxies can’t ever find each other in our runaway cosmos, but it turns out gravity can sometimes overcome ...
The shape of the cosmos depends on a balance of two competing forces: the pull of gravity and the expansion driven by dark ...
Faint structures play a crucial role in cosmic development, and scientists are only just beginning to grasp their full extent and role in shaping the universe.
Though sci-fi movies would have us believe that space is incredibly cold — even freezing — space itself isn't exactly cold. In fact, it doesn't actually have a temperature at all. Temperature is a ...
A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...