For one, scientists observe a "cosmic fossil" called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The first light that was free to ...

Physicists working at the CERN particle physics lab said they detected a slight but significant difference in how particles ...

A team of scientists led by expert Raúl Jiménez, ICREA researcher at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Cosmos ...

A trillion years ago, our universe didn’t exist, at least not in any recognizable form. According to the Big Bang theory, ...

Learn about a cosmic project that will journey to the dark side of the moon in order to listen for the Universe’s earliest echoes.

The Universe may not have started with the Big Bang, but instead “bounced” out of a massive black hole formed within a larger “parent” universe, according to a new scientific paper.

Did light shine in the universe’s earliest moments, or was it hidden from view? While this question may seem simple at first, arecent article by Live Sciencereveals that the reality is far more ...

The discovery, made with the LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio instrument in Europe, indicates that galaxy clusters, which ...

Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the "Cosmic Dawn" by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient ...

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

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has identified 83 small galaxies undergoing intense star formation. Although modest in size, these galaxies emit a considerable amount ...