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

The Big Freeze The Big Freeze, also known as the Heat Death, is a scenario where the universe continues expanding ...

By employing a new and improved supercollider, scientists are hoping to dissect the very fabric of the Universe and calculate ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of what the universe looked like in the moments before it rapidly changed ...

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

the more classic descriptions of the Big Bang took hold. A flood of matter and radiation, known as "reheating," began populating our universe with the stuff we know today: particles, atoms ...

If you’re having trouble sleeping at night, have you tried to induce total existential dread by contemplating the end of the entire Universe? If not, here’s a rundown of five ideas exploring ...

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

A new computational method gleans more information than its predecessors from maps showing how galaxies are clustered and threaded throughout the universe.

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 ...