This year, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Shimon Sakaguchi from Osaka University in Japan, Mary E.

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope hint that the universe’s first stars might not have been ordinary fusion ...

A new study from David Kipping attempts to explain why we are located around a yellow star, and so early in the universe.

If ultimately true, the universe will reach its maximum size around 11 billion years from now. At that point, physics (and ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density ...

For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

The multiverse theory suggests our universe may be just one of countless others — each with its own laws of physics, ...

Nebulas are spectacular clouds of gas and dust where stars come to life and fade away. Their radiant beauty has captivated ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the Universe), states ...

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Modern cosmology reveals a universe expanding uniformly without a spatial center or edge. The Big Bang wasn't a localized explosion but a simultaneous ...