"It means cleaning house, narrowing the viable paths forward, and no longer spending energy on what are evidently dead ends." ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile not only confirmed one of the greatest mysteries in the universe—it also ruled out ...

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

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

This is the light echo of the Big Bang, the first light that freely moved through the universe. This relic is crucial to our ...

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with ...

UChicago physics Prof. Bonnie Fleming, who is also the chief research officer at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, is ...

A panel of physicists and astronomers grapple with possible cracks in our modern creation myth, the standard model of cosmology. JWST’s image of spiral galaxy NGC 628, which is 32 million light-years ...

When Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui heads to the International Space Station (ISS) next year, he will have two new skincare items in his bag that are especially designed for the rigors of space travel.