Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

"It means cleaning house, narrowing the viable paths forward, and no longer spending energy on what are evidently dead ends." ...

The Boston area lost several luminaries in 2025, but their contributions won’t soon be forgotten. From Kitty Dukakis’s ...

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

R esearchers have calculated one of the most precise estimates for the expansion rate of the universe today, and it turns out ...

Westlake University held the founding ceremony for its Department of Astronomy at Yungu Campus on Oct. 18, marking the establishment of the first astronomy department at a new type of research ...

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

By Ben BRAKO For centuries, African spiritual philosophy was corralled at the margins of global thought—reduced by colonial ...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for ...

It’s a powerful technique, but small uncertainties at each step can add up, something critics argue may be behind the Hubble ...