Physicist Sean Carroll explains how physics, astronomy, philosophy, and classics all help us understand the expanding ...

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Long before telescopes and space travel, ancient civilizations had incredibly creative ideas about what the universe looked ...

The earliest black holes in the universe may not have disappeared from Hawking radiation after all, new research hints.

The interactive online map, created using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, details some 800,000 galaxies across a vast cosmic distance. Scrolling and zooming in can take users some 13.5 ...

Down on humanity lately? Consider the following fact, which should fill you with pride for your species. Little more than a century ago, humans believed that our universe consisted solely of the Milky ...

The sharpest dark matter map ever reveals the invisible cosmic scaffolding that built galaxies, stars, and ultimately life itself.

Did you know? The official average colour of the universe is known as “Cosmic latte”, a warm, creamy beige born from light billions of years in the making ...

The cosmos may never end. But if you were immortal, you’d probably wish it would. Our cosmos’ final fate is a long and frigid affair that astronomers call the Big Freeze, or Big Chill. It’s a fitting ...

Sure, they're not your typical baby pictures. But a global team of researchers says new images published this week show some of the clearest visualizations yet of the universe in its infancy. If our ...