The Universe is full of dust, and a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlights just how important it is.

Chris Gunn—NASA “Part of our core science for Roman is to do surveys that allow us to measure the properties of very large numbers of galaxies throughout cosmic history,” says Schlieder ...

The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away, considered close by cosmic standards. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Telescopes spy a monster radio jet ...

SPHEREx will generate the most colorful map of the cosmos ever created ... This will help scientists track how cosmic inflation influenced the large-scale structure of the universe.

Elementary particles were created. And, eventually, the cosmic flash dance left behind scars in the fabric of space-time. Physicists call them cosmic strings. Like stretch marks left on skin that ...

However, Lane and his colleagues tested an alternative idea called the timescape model, which suggests that the apparent acceleration could be a byproduct of cosmic structures like voids — vast ...

The other tactic is to go back in time, all the way to near the beginning. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation is the light emitted 379,000 years after the Big Bang. Before this time ...

Stargazers are in for a cosmic treat as six planets align in a breathtaking display known as a planetary parade. This astronomical event is set to unfold across the night sky, showcasing Venus ...

What is the structure of our physical reality? Physicists have long imagined space and time interweaving into “space-time”, the metaphorical fabric that underlies the cosmos. But there may be ...

Thick disk stars were born in an epoch when the Milky Way was furiously producing stars, a time astronomers call cosmic noon. “It was the most intense period of star formation ever.” ...

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