The James Webb Space Telescope is pushing the boundaries of our understanding of the universe, capturing galaxies formed just ...

After a century of observations spanning the breadth of the cosmos and theoretical insights that push humanity's vision of the universe to its utmost limits, we can finally, confidently say that the ...

Many people wonder: if the universe is expanding, is there a point in space that serves as the “centre”? It seems intuitive to ask, how can something expand if there’s no specific starting point? The ...

It started with a hunch. Or more accurately, a glow. Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope were combing through the deep sky, same as they’ve done dozens of times, when something odd lit ...

We have not been able to detect dark matter yet, even though there are many aspects of the universe that suggest the existence of invisible matter. In one new theory, it is possible that dark matter ...

Why is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? This is one of the most exciting yet unresolved questions in modern ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday has released the data behind the largest map of the universe. Called the COSMOS-Web field, the project, with ...

Although we’re still searching for observational evidence of dark matter, scientists haven’t been able to account for about 15 percent of the regular matter in the universe with just stars, planets, ...

String theory is the best candidate we have for a theory of everything. Bend to its rule and the various tangled theories of conventional physics emerge as part of a sublime, higher-dimensional ...