Mapping the distribution of matter in the universe is an important quest for cosmology and astrophysics. There is a battle ...

A decade ago, physicists using twin detectors in Washington State and Louisiana detected gravitational waves—subtle ripples ...

The structure is nearly 600 million light-years from Earth and is an early display of the nascent dark matter telescope's ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

The "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid has discovered its first Einstein ring in the process, learning about ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

A new study reveals Quipu, a vast network of galaxy clusters and superclusters, being dubbed the largest structure in the known universe.

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...