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

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

As readers await The Maker's return in The Ultimates, his past as the Ultimate Reed Richards may shed some light on what his ...

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 ...

Across cosmic history, powerful forces have acted on matter, reshaping the universe into an increasingly complex web of structures. Now, new research led by Joshua Kim and Mathew Madhavacheril at the ...

The project, called OpenUniverse, relied on the now-retired Theta supercomputer at the DOE’s (Department of Energy’s) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The supercomputer accomplished a process ...

Measuring distances across the universe is much more challenging than measuring distances on Earth. Is a brighter star closer ...

Skeleton Crew, the latest entry in the ever-expanding Star Wars universe, premiered on Disney+ on December 2, 2024.

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

New evidence suggests the universe is expanding faster than predicted. Explore the Hubble constant and its implications for ...