New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

The early universe experienced a phase of rapid expansion, known as inflation. For decades, cosmologists assumed that this ...

The extreme supersonic winds of WASP-127b are more than 60 times faster than the fastest winds ever observed on Earth ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the existence of mirror asymmetries in our universe by studying the handedness of the ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

The discovery could help scientists get closer to understanding the mysterious invisible matter that makes up the bulk of our ...

A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data from multiple surveys to compile one of the largest ...

Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...

Uncover the mysteries of galaxies with Rutgers University's new findings on Leo P, a small galaxy that started and stopped ...

Light pollution from a planned renewable energy project in Chile could significantly impact the European Southern Observatory ...

A Precision Test of General Relativity. While Einstein’s famous theory of general relativity accurately describes the motion of celestial bodies in our solar system, less is kno ...