A supercomputer’s model of the universe A sample of simulations showing a model of the expanding universe (left) and a zoomed-in view of tracer particles (right).

Taking a Larger View of the Universe Once it’s launched into outer space in 2027, NASA’s next telescope will provide the “big picture” of the universe. But for two Duke scientists, preparations are ...

"We were amazed by the fact that these observatories can detect about 100 black holes just 250 million years after the Big ...

"It is the deepest view of the Universe ever taken," says project leader Jennifer Lotz of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore.

After 14 years of development and six months of calibration, the James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to embark on its mission to probe the depths of our universe.

Like photographers assembling a portfolio of best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of mankind’s deepest-ever view of the universe. Called the eXtreme Deep Field (XDF ...

Researchers have produced the most comprehensive view of the history of the universe ever created. The study also offers new ideas about how our universe may have started.

A newly updated logarithmic view of the universe provides a unique perspective that lets us see from the Earth to the edge of time.

Acting as a cosmic magnifying glass, an immense group of galaxies has given the Hubble Space Telescope its deepest ever view of the Universe. Astronomers used the gravity of the galaxy cluster ...

According to that point of view, the universe ends with me, and so in a sense I do have the final word.