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

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe.

New 3D map of the early universe from HETDEX reveals faint hydrogen light linking galaxies 9 to 11 billion years ago.

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between ...

We should not despair that we live in a universe which is beyond our understanding. We can in fact be confident that we do understand much about how the universe works ...

Astronomers have uncovered a hidden cosmic web of galaxies and gas by mapping hydrogen light from the early universe.

Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising ...

GRB 230906A, a short gamma-ray burst first detected in 2023, points to a faint galaxy embedded within a long stream of torn ...

Blue oceans, green forests, a cozy blanket of oxygen. Our planet is a super comfy home. It’s hard to imagine there was ever a time it didn’t exist. I asked my friend Julie Ménard how Earth formed. She ...

When the densest objects in the universe collide and merge, the violence sets off ripples, in the form of gravitational waves ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...