A new map of the cosmos, including more than 47 million galaxies and other cosmic objects, represents one of the most ...

The team successfully built the largest, highest-resolution 3D map of the cosmos ever constructed. The completed map charts ...

Or parts of it are. The night sky may seem calm, even serene, but that masks events of a catastrophic and nearly unimaginable scale. Across the galaxy and even the cosmos itself, immense outbursts of ...

It’s the end of the world as we know it — a lot sooner than we think. A team of researchers have drastically scaled back the going estimate of how long it will be until the universe ceases to exist.

A new study suggests the universe may end much sooner than previously thought, revising its predicted lifespan based on updated theories of cosmic decay.

Scientists studying a mysterious effect called cosmic birefringence—a subtle twist in the polarization of the universe’s oldest light—have developed a new way to reduce uncertainty in how it’s ...

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 ...

Since humanity's earliest days, people have looked up at the stars, using science, art, religion, philosophy, mathematics, and any other tool at their disposal to better understand the complicated and ...

The universe is expanding 'too fast', a study has warned – and scientists have no idea why. An international team of astronomers have carried out some of the most precise measurements yet of how ...