To explore this long-standing mystery, an international team of scientists formed a group known as the Collaboration for ...

New research suggests the universe may be lopsided. Cosmic microwave background and galaxy data hint at directional ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

This study could transform our understanding of the future of the universe and raise the possibility that the universe may ...

Another batch of the ‘impossible’ galaxies turned out not to be standard galaxies at all, but a new type of object that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When the universe first began about 13 billion years ago, all of the ...

The notion that we live as characters in someone else’s video game is irresistible to many, even outside of science fiction bookshelves. Googling the term “simulation hypothesis” returns numerous ...

With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Using the first dataset released by the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles, dinosaur bones, black holes, supernovas, and sometimes, the drama of philosophical ...

PBS viewers have a chance to go on a brilliant journey through the universe as the network launches a new, five-part NOVA series titled "NOVA Universe Revealed." Premiering Oct. 27 at at 9 p.m. EDT ...

Almost 400 years ago, in The Assayer, Galileo wrote: “Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe … [But the book] is written in the language of mathematics.” He was much more than an ...