If you’re having trouble sleeping at night, have you tried to induce total existential dread by contemplating the end of the entire Universe? If not, here’s a rundown of five ideas exploring ...

The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous -- and highly debated -- results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predicted ...

For example, we do now know that habitable environments are very common in the universe. It is reasonable to generalize from here to a truly gargantuan number of habitable environments across the ...

The universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous—and highly debated—results had shown: The universe is expanding faster than predicted ...

So, while water was rare in the early universe, it is relatively common now. But a new study suggests that isn't the case. Astronomers categorize stars into populations depending on their age and ...

A vase that was once rejected by experts on an early version of Antiques Roadshow has sold for a staggering £53 million after being rediscovered in an attic. The 16-inch porcelain vase ...

Dark matter can't be too heavy or it might break our best model of the universe, new research suggests. We have an abundance of evidence that something fishy is happening in the universe.

A vase initially dismissed by a BBC antiques expert as a clever fake fetched an eye-watering £53million after languishing in an attic for four decades. The BBC's 1970s antiques game show 'Going ...

A Yale-led team of astronomers has detected an intensely brightening and dimming quasar that may help explain how some objects in the early universe grew at a highly accelerated rate. The discovery, ...

What is the structure of our physical reality? Physicists have long imagined space and time interweaving into “space-time”, the metaphorical fabric that underlies the cosmos. But there may be ...

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. When you ...

Credit: SA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez The James Webb Space Telescope might not have broken our understanding of the universe, after all. Previously, astronomers used Webb to spot ...