Big Bang
Space
When did the first stars lit up the universe?
Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn.
Science
Could the profound mysteries of antimatter and dark matter be linked?
Study presents a direct search for interactions of antimatter with dark matter.
Space
Dark matter may have existed before the big bang, study
Testing the origin of dark matter by observing the signatures dark matter leaves on the distribution of matter in the universe.
Space
New Hubble constant measurement adds to mystery of universe’s expansion rate
In a new study, scientists announced a new measurement of the Hubble constant using a kind of star known as a red giant and indicated that the expansion rate for the nearby universe is just under 70 kilometers per second per megaparsec (km/sec/Mpc).
Space
New method to provide a clearer window into dark universe
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is thought to be leftover radiation from the Big Bang or the time when the universe began. Also known...
Space
2,65,000 galaxies in an extensive legacy field mosaic
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recently captured an image of a legacy field, showing 2,65,000 galaxies, each at different stages in their life cycles,...
Space
Assembling wide view of the evolving universe
Astronomers have put together the largest and most comprehensive "history book" of galaxies into one single image, using 16 years' worth of observations from...
Space
Dark matter exists, confirms study
Most of the universe is made up of dark energy, a mysterious force that drives the accelerating expansion of the universe. The next largest...
Space
New way to probe primordial universe before the big bang
Most everybody is familiar with the Big Bang — the notion that an impossibly hot, dense universe exploded into the one we know today....
Space
The universe’s first type of molecule is found at last
The first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe has been detected in space for the first time, after decades of searching....