This controversial theory says the universe is subject to an ultimate, higher-order law that we can’t comprehend.
A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight.
On human timescales, the universe may as well be eternal. It’ll be here long after our species and our planet are gone, but ...
Even before the first stars lit up the Universe, the Cosmos was not the cold place most researchers once imagined. New ...
Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.
The story begins with the black hole information paradox. According to relativity, anything that falls into a black hole is ...
The notion that our universe might be a giant simulation has intrigued scientists and philosophers for decades. Recent advancements in technology and theoretical physics have reignited this debate, ...
ORCs are vast, faint rings of radio energy that surround galaxies and can be detected only in radio wavelengths of the ...
A mysterious glow of gamma rays in the centre of our galaxy has been a mystery for decades, but researchers think they’ve ...
Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...
The early universe was already warm before reionization, revealing that the first stars did not flicker on in an icy cosmos.
A mysterious object with a mass equivalent to 1 million suns has been detected in space, but its nature remains unknown.