Big Bang
Astronomers captured a super-rare type of galaxy
Astronomers have seen a very curious object that they never saw before. They recently captured an image of a super-rare type of galaxy named...
The mystery of Universe expansion has been finally solved
The universe has been expanding since the Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago—a proposition first made by the Belgian canon and physicist Georges...
A sub-atomic particle could solve the mystery of dark matter
Despite many decades of study, the physical origin of 'dark matter' in the Universe remains elusive.
Scientists at the University of York, in a new...
Astronomers spotted the farthest galaxy group to date
Distant galaxy group driving ancient cosmic makeover.
Astronomers discovered most distant galaxy ever
The light from MAMBO-9 traveled about 13 billion years to reach ALMA’s antennas.
When did the first stars lit up the universe?
Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn.
Could the profound mysteries of antimatter and dark matter be linked?
Study presents a direct search for interactions of antimatter with dark matter.
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.
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).
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...
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,...
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...