"Astronomers will always assume a simple model unless there is overwhelming evidence that this simple model is flawed." ...

Researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a breakthrough technique that ...

While the extra-galactic stars provided a microlensing effect, large clusters of dark matter provided a macrolensing effect.

A new underground facility called DUNE, which will accelerate particles for 800 miles between Illinois and South Dakota, ...

The research group observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth; when the universe was half its current age.

Scientists have discovered 44 previously unknown stars which had been hidden behind a cluster of galaxies. Physicists at ...

The fleeting cosmic firework likely originated within the turbulent magnetosphere surrounding a distant neutron star. Fast ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

There are two main options when figuring out what the rate of expansion for the universe actually is. First, measurements of ...

Using a natural phenomena called “gravitational lensing”, a team of researchers and astronomers at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory have spotted ...

Cao Jun has set up a small observatory at his goat pen where he takes pictures of the universe every night after work. The 30 ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic 'double lens,' astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.