Depending on how you look at it, the universe might not have an "end," after all. Whether the universe will "end" at all is ...

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

Where is the center of the universe? Learn why researchers say the rules may not apply to the center of the universe.

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s development, known as the Cosmic Dawn.

The search for the universe’s center starts with a simple intuition: if everything exploded outward in the Big Bang, there ...

The James Webb Space Telescope found a surprisingly large galaxy, nicknamed "The Big Wheel," in the early universe. This galaxy formed much faster than current theories predict, challenging our ...

"Precision in these measurements is critical, as even subtle discrepancies could signal deviations from the model — ...

A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier ...