The UC Irvine Department of Physics and Astronomy has established a research program in modern cosmology – an entirely new field of research at the university. The new program builds upon the ...

For centuries, cartographers have sought to map Earth’s land masses and seas to better understand the world and their place in it. Now, astrophysicists have taken a major step toward doing the same ...

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 27, 2004 -- The UC Irvine Department of Physics and Astronomy has established a research program in modern cosmology – an entirely new field of research at the university. The new ...

Most of the universe is missing. Only 5% of it is normal matter, which makes up all the people, planets and stars we can see; the other 95% consists of mysterious dark matter and dark energy.

The Physics Division at the National Science Foundation is seeking qualified applicants to fill the position of Program Director for Theoretical Physics in the areas of Elementary Particle Physics and ...

Physicists propose that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how the early universe ...

About a year after launching into orbit around the Sun, the James Webb Space Telescope began imaging an abundance of little red dots, which scientists called, um, “little red dots.” I know—not only is ...

Physicist Fred Kavli and the Kavli Foundation have pledged $7.5 million to establish an institute that will focus on recent developments in astrophysics, high-energy physics and cosmology. The Kavli ...

Let’s say you have a baby. Maybe you really do, maybe you don’t. But Dan Scolnic, a cosmologist at the University of Chicago, does have one, and perhaps that's why a hypothetical baby helps him ...

Andreea Font receives funding from Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a ...