The James Webb Space Telescope has found a lonely black hole in the early universe that’s as heavy as 50 million suns. A ...

We’re not claiming that it’s absolutely going to happen this decade. But there could be a 90% chance that it does." ...

Dark energy—the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate—is one of the universe ...

New research suggests that there is a 90% chance that within the next decade, humanity could use a space or Earth-based telescope to spot an exploding black hole. Such a detection would change our ...

Findings from a new study into the cosmic "afterglow" may rewrite the history of the universe, according to researchers. This afterglow—the "cosmic microwave background" (CMB), the relic radiation ...

As the term comes to an end, new academic opportunities come to life right here on campus. A brand-new exhibit at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History has opened, showcasing images from the ...

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The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

Sometimes, a picture can be worth much more than a thousand words. For instance, one measure associated with the pictures below—new high-definition snapshots of the cosmos in its infancy—is 1,900 ...