In this video, we explore the vastness of the universe and attempt to quantify its size. We delve into the concepts of cosmic ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and ...

The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about ...

One of the UK’s richest people is building a telescope to find the ‘architecture of the universe’ - World’s largest all-lens ...

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

Russia’s war has left many of Ukraine’s world-class observatories in ruins—but the besieged nation’s astronomers already have ...

Astronomers have created the largest and most detailed 3D map yet of a glowing signal from the early universe, revealing hidden galaxies and gas from 9-11 billion years ago. By analyzing faint ...

A recent SpaceNews opinion article argued that it is time to “take astronomy off Earth.” The suggestion is straightforward: If satellite constellations and commercial space activity threaten ...