Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests that the "memory" of ancient events, such as black hole mergers, may be ...

Water was present just a couple hundred million years after the Big Bang, according to a new study, shaking up the timeline ...

Black hole singularities should not exist, according to theories of quantum mechanics. New tweaks to Einstein's equations of ...

The vastness of space is filled with mysteries waiting to be unraveled. Among the many enigmatic elements of the cosmos space ...

Scientists have uncovered “Quipu,” the largest known galactic structure, stretching 1.4 billion light-years. This discovery ...

Seen as a long strand with smaller threads branching, the Quipu superstructure contains 68 galaxy clusters spanning 1.4 ...

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor at Pennsylvania State University. “We’re an expected or predictable outcome ...

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds.

"By putting together the individual results, like in a puzzle, we reconstruct the formation history of these systems." ...