A mysterious object has been detected at the edge of the universe, sparking curiosity and debate within the scientific ...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence,” Carl Sagan once warned a maxim now resonating through telescopes worldwide as astronomers grapple with a mind-bending new discovery. The James ...

These are exciting times to explore the largest unanswered questions in physics thanks to high-tech experiments and very ...

DESI early data release holds nearly two million objects Date: June 13, 2023 Source: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Summary: The first batch of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...

Latest James Webb data hints at new physics in Universe’s expansion These latest findings further support the Hubble Space Telescope's prior expansion rate measurements.

The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and they’re ...

We often think of astronomy as a visual science with beautiful images of the universe. However, astronomers use a wide range of analysis tools beyond images to understand nature at a deeper level.

It's hard to grasp the sheer amount of astronomical data that came online this week in a 1.6-petabyte data-dump from a Hawaiian telescope, but picture 30,000 Wikipedias or 15 Libraries of Congress.