The story begins with the black hole information paradox. According to relativity, anything that falls into a black hole is ...

Most cosmologists believe that these stars were the first large, free-floating structures to illuminate our universe, and that black holes appeared later. But some have proposed that it went the other ...

The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates with new data from ...

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation ...

Cosmologists can now explore data faster than ever before with a new emulator. As astronomers continue to uncover the mysteries of the universe, their work generates increasingly vast and intricate ...

This hypothesis is not new. It was given the affectionate nickname of Big Crunch, and says that the accelerated expansion of ...

For centuries, humanity has pondered the ultimate fate of the universe. From theories of infinite expansion to the concept of ...

As the study of the universe evolves and the data sets get larger and more complex, a new breakthrough means researchers can analyze huge data sets with just a laptop and a few hours.

A Cornell physicist calculated new data from dark energy reviews, indicating the end of the universe within a few billion ...

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...

Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe, has died. He had ...