A remarkable new study challenges the findings of Nobel Prize-winning research into how our universe has changed over time.

As if dark energy weren't already mysterious and baffling enough, new research suggests that this unknown force may not be ...

For several decades, evidence has suggested that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Crucial to those estimates were the use of standard candles, celestial events of the same luminosity ...

Astronomers have chased the first stars for decades, squinting at the early universe for any hint of their brief, brilliant ...

Texas Tech’s Physics and Astronomy department is hosting an AstroNight at the Lubbock Lake Landmark on Friday, November 7, ...

This shimmering view of interstellar gas and dust was captured by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope. The ...

How did the extremely massive stars (EMS) in the early universe help form the oldest star clusters? This is what a recent ...

In the summer of 2020, an international team led by a University of Arizona archaeologist reported the discovery of the ...

Images of black holes are more than just fascinating visuals: they could serve as a “testing ground” for alternative theories ...

A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever ...

University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel will deliver the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s fall 2025 Rebka-Hafele-Einstein Distinguished Lecture Friday, Nov. 7.

A distant supermassive black hole has unleashed a flare of light so powerful and long-lasting that it has defied every known ...