Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

Many space-lovers know the phrase "We are all made of star stuff." And it's true - our planet formed from the dust cloud left ...

Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed, marking a major step forward in understanding the hidden forces that ...

UChicago-led study analyzes massive galaxy clusters mapped by the Dark Energy Survey, offers new way to probe cosmic laws ...

JWST observations show that early galaxies were chaotic, gas-filled systems rather than stable disks. Researchers from ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to hear from Kelsey Johnson, professor of astronomy and director of the Echols Scholars Program at the University of Virginia, at ...

New information from a distant corner of the universe may lead to a fuller understanding of how the elements of the periodic table–which make up all the familiar matter in the universe–come to be. A ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

in that it’ll have a dual description in the form of a theory with one fewer dimension, without gravity. The AdS/CFT community is working hard to generalize the correspondence to spacetimes that are ...

The night sky may look calm, but behind the glowing points of light lies a violent and complex process of creation. Stars, ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...