Most cosmologists believe that these stars were the first large, free-floating structures to illuminate our universe, and ...

In a significant development, astronomers have unearthed a spiral-shaped anomaly nestled deep within the cosmos. This ...

Seeking endorsements for her new book, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein finds herself staring at fundamental questions of space, time ...

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The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area of the full moon in one shot. Over the next ten years, this cosmic giant ...

Space and time seem like two completely different ideas, but Einstein's theory of relativity shows they are interlinked in a ...

Physicists predict a 90 percent chance of witnessing a primordial black hole explosion this decade, testing Hawking’s most ...

The aurora borealis has been remarkably bright recently. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov reveals what's going on and how ...

Watch Pop Mech ’s Jackie Appel reveal the story of how two men from New Jersey named Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson made one of the most important discoveries in the history of astronomy—by accident.

Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation leads a programme of events to mark World Space Week next month ...