Dark energy and black holes are two of the most mysterious topics when it comes to space, but they might actually be linked.

Astronomers have turned up the first direct proof that "standard candles" used to illuminate the size of the universe, termed Cepheids, shrink in mass, making them not quite as standard as once ...

What are the mysterious dark matter and dark energy that seem to account for so much of our universe? Why is the universe expanding? For the past 30 years, most cosmologists have looked to the ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking tool called Effort.jl that lets them simulate the structure of the universe using ...

Researchers may have discovered a giant arc of galaxies that would challenge the standard model of cosmology. The team of astronomers believe that the arrangement of galaxies, which they’ve dubbed ...

Imagine you wanted to know everything you could about the Universe. You'd want to find the answers to questions of all types, such as: What is the Universe made of? How big is the entire Universe? How ...

The Big Bang theory describes the expansion of the universe, not its origin, and is not an explosion in pre-existing space, but rather the unfolding of matter, energy, time, and space itself. Evidence ...

Scientists made a twin version of our universe, showing the evolution of all forms of matter and energy, in the biggest cosmological computer simulation to date. When you purchase through links on our ...

When imagining medieval Europe, most people envision knights and castles and maybe cathedrals. Science is usually nowhere in the picture. Apart from monks copying manuscripts, intellectual activity in ...

These remarks owe their existence to a suggestion of Dr R. Mullen of Science-Fiction Studies, who received a review copy of Cosmology Now (ed. Laurie John, Taplinger Publishing Co., 168p, $10.95) but ...

THIS YEAR’S Nobel prize for physics was split two ways, but both halves went for discoveries beyond Earth. One was for a finding that is, by astronomical standards, quite close by—a planet going ...

John Gilbey goes on the road in the US far west to refine the science in his fiction. I was looking for a man with a small dragon perched on his shoulder, but the low atmospheric pressure made even ...