Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe—a vast network of galaxy clusters and superclusters containing an astonishing 200 quadrillion solar ...

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A new study has estimated the universe’s possible age by using precise data on stars.

Ordinary matter – basically, anything other than dark matter – makes up about 15% of all matter. But half of it has long been missing. Powerful bursts of radio waves emanating from 69 locations in the ...

Astronomers have found a new record for the brightest body in the universe after discovering a monstrous quasar that shines roughly 500 trillion times brighter than the sun. The supermassive black ...

For decades, scientists have tried to measure how fast the universe is expanding. This expansion rate is known as the Hubble constant, and it plays a central role in understanding the history and ...

According to a new theory, our universe developed from a “pre-inflationary multiverse” made of particles in quantum superposition.

More than one million sources of energy are featured in the first X-ray images from the eROSITA space telescope. By Laura Baisas Published Feb 5, 2024 12:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

NASA's advanced space observatory known as SPHEREx is on its cosmic journey to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries. The space telescope, which NASA has spent years developing, launched ...