"This observation also demonstrates that we can use Webb to find individual stars when the universe was only 5% of its ...

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

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope and other international observatories have spotted a 13-billion-year-old supernova. On Tuesday ...

Supernovae aren't one of the JWST's main science themes, but the perceptive telescope is full of surprises. Recently, it ...

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

Will the universe keep existing forever? An astrophysicist explains how scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they can make predictions.

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

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has identified the earliest supernova on record, according to a statement released ...

Neutrinos are one of the most elusive and omnipresent particles in the universe. Their strange properties may explain why the amounts of matter and antimatter in our universe aren’t equal, as most ...

Scientists have long held that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate, driven by a mysterious but measurable force known as dark energy. Now, a new study might upend that idea, ...

Space is inaccessible to the vast majority of us, but it’s not as far away as you might think. The von Kármán Line, which is ...