A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos. Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...

While working at Berkeley, he collaborated with John Mather on a NASA research study probing the origins of the universe. The two physicists won a Nobel Prize.

Astronomers may have uncovered the origins of the mysterious “little red dots,” some of the strangest galaxies seen in the early universe. These tiny but brilliant objects, discovered by the James ...

Thirty years ago, on a crisp October day in 1995, two Swiss astronomers changed the course of cosmic history. Michel Mayor ...

The discovery could challenge current ideas about how galaxies formed in the early universe. Hundreds of unexpectedly energetic objects have been discovered throughout the distant universe, possibly ...

Boffins believe they have discovered the oldest black hole in the universe which formed during the big bang. Until now, scientists thought stars and galaxies formed first, and black holes appeared ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of ...