These jets become elusive the farther back in time astronomers try to look because of the so-called cosmic microwave ...

The Big Bang Theory explains how the universe began. The Big Bang Theory stands as the most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the universe. According to this theory, the universe began ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

Researchers studied how the universe’s structure changed over time. They found that the universe is less clumpy than expected ...

Researchers from the Flatiron Institute and collaborators have developed an innovative method that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to estimate the universe's cosmological parameters with ...

A "cosmic CT scan" performed by scientists using two very different cosmic surveys has revealed the cosmos is less clumpy and ...

Galaxies are astronomical objects composed of billions or even trillions of stars. Our Earth and solar system are just a tiny ...

"It's only because this object is so extreme that we can observe it from Earth, even though it's really far away," Anniek ...

The research suggests that the universe has become “messier and more complicated” over time, with a less clumpy distribution of matter.