The James Webb Space Telescope is forcing cosmologists to redraw the schedule of the early cosmos. Structures that were ...

Dark matter, the invisible substance that shapes the Universe, may have had a far more dramatic beginning than scientists once believed.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American What do we really know about our universe?

The mysteries surrounding the origins of the universe have long intrigued scientists and philosophers alike. New research, published in the Living Reviews in Relativity, introduces an innovative ...

Findings from a new study into the cosmic "afterglow" may rewrite the history of the universe, according to researchers. This afterglow—the "cosmic microwave background" (CMB), the relic radiation ...

Our universe may have been born in a gravitational crunch that formed a very massive black hole—followed by a bounce inside it. The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a ...

Emma Chapman reviews Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper Before the bang That the universe evolved from a "hot Big Bang" is not in question, ...

Lead Astronomer at the James Webb Australian Data Centre, Swinburne University of Technology Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in ...

Nobel Prize winners for physics Arno Penzias (left) and Robert W. Wilson stand in front of their microwave radio antenna at Holmdel Bell Labs in New Jersey on Oct. 18, 1978. They won for studies in ...

Examine the varied employment options available with a degree in cosmology. Graduates use advanced skills in mathematical ...

The standard model of cosmology may be the best explanation we’ve got for why the universe is the way it is and how it all came to be. But it’s not the only explanation. Enter black hole cosmology. It ...