NASA selects two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space for additional ...

Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—nearly as massive ...

Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was made ...

Recent results suggest these exotic objects just might help us account for the mysterious force pushing the universe apart.

The study says that the gravitational distortions observed in distant galaxies exhibit subtle discrepancies with the ...

If another gravity theory is correct, "then the broader implications are enormous," astrophysicist Stacy McGaugh told ...

New research is challenging long-held assumptions about the universe's expansion and the behavior of gravitational wells, ...

A novel theoretical model based on universal expansion and star formation suggests that our universe might not have the ...

The SETI Institute is pleased to open the call for applications for the 2025 William J. Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship (WJWPF) ...

Dalí portrays a cosmic Christ whose unbloody crucifixion appears to hold the center of the universe together while the earth ...