There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, ...

With contributions from Brown faculty and students, the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment analyzed the largest dataset ever collected by ...

The universe is expanding, but astronomers still cannot agree on exactly how fast. That mismatch, known as the Hubble tension ...

"Why are we here?" is humanity's most fundamental and persistent question. Tracing the origins of the elements is a direct ...

An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just five percent of its current age, astronomers said Tuesday.

Some of the elements used by living systems are far more abundant in Cassiopeia A than we thought, hinting that some parts of our galaxy might be more suitable for life than others ...

A new giant eye on the universe — perched high in the Andes — has just opened, and its first images are nothing short of breathtaking. With a 3.2‑billion‑pixel camera, this observatory captures ...

A small star named M82 X-2 breaks physical barriers, as NASA's NuSTAR confirms it shines 10 million times brighter than the ...

Key TakeawaysThe LZ collaboration expanded their search for low-mass WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) using the ...

A joint effort between two of the world’s largest neutrino experiments has brought scientists closer to understanding how the ...

A newly-detected spinning galaxy filament is reshaping our understanding of cosmic structure, gas flows, and the origins of ...