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

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

It is widely accepted that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, but now researchers say our measurements of the ...

Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...

Shklovsky’s article soon expanded into a widely popular book called “ Universe, Life, Intelligence ,” published in 1962. That same year, the USSR’s Academy of Sciences sent its first radio message in ...

This is the first time the novel imaging technique has been applied to telescopes. For the first time, astronomers have ...

One of astronomy's biggest puzzles may have been solved by a new theory that suggests the universe may rotate at an extremely slow rate. Current models suggest the universe is expanding evenly in all ...

A weekly video series on astronomy, hosted by Dave Eicher and sponsored by Celestron, will run throughout 2023. The series will cover current astronomical events, research findings, and cosmic enigmas ...

Just how large is the universe? The short answer is 93 billion light-years — at least. That 93 billion light-year number refers to what astronomers call the observable universe, and it extends about ...