New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. When you purchase ...

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

From the Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990 to the soon-to-be-unveiled Chinese Space Station Survey Telescope (CSST), ...

Physicists have taken a bold step beyond Einstein's special theory of relativity, proposing an expansion of special relativity that includes observers moving faster than light. This fresh perspective ...

A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it now. The interactive online map, created using data from NASA's James Webb ...

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

The European Space Agency’s “dark universe detective” discovered millions of new galaxies and offers potential clues about dark matter Sara Hashemi - Daily Correspondent A mosaic of galaxies captured ...

The cosmos continues to unravel secrets that leave scientists – and the rest of us – in awe. From mysterious dark matter and alien worlds to deep space phenomena that challenge the laws of physics, ...

Data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of small galaxies that played a starring role in a cosmic makeover that transformed the early universe into the one we know today. White ...

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 ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory against the night sky, which it will soon capture in unprecedented detail Rubin Observatory / NSF / AURA / B. Quint On a mountaintop in Chile sits the Vera C. Rubin ...