TL;DR: The James Webb Space Telescope has collected extensive data enabling scientists to publish the largest and most detailed map of the universe, covering nearly the entire span of cosmic history.

"This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe's first light emerged from the darkness." Astronomers could use specific radio signals from the universe's earliest epoch to "weigh" the first ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. About a century ago, scientists were struggling to ...

NASA’s newest eye on the cosmos is officially open for business, commencing its regular science operations this week with the main charge of mapping the universe. After a six-week calibration period, ...

Fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe. The theory combines the ideas of particles and waves into a concentration of energy that flows throughout space and time.

Massive ripples in the very fabric of space and time wash over Earth constantly, although you'd never notice. An astrophysicist is trying a new search for these gravitational waves. University of ...

These singularities in space in lieu of dark matter also generate something called "negative pressure," a type of energy density, like that of dark energy, that has a repulsive gravitational effect, ...

A space observatory designed to map the entire sky over a period of two years to further our understanding of the early universe has started snapping images. SPHEREx, which launched in early March, ...

Scientists have unveiled the largest map of the universe ever created. Stretching across a tiny sliver of space and almost all cosmic time, it includes almost 800,000 galaxies imaged across the ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Despite its spectacular birth, the ...