As the year concludes, the cosmos offers subtle blessings to prepare for new beginnings. These include emotional closure, ...

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

Scientists have observed the largest-known rotating structure in the cosmos - a gargantuan thread-like assemblage of hundreds of galaxies, gas and dark matter that makes up a filament in the ...

Knotted structures once imagined by Lord Kelvin may actually have shaped the universe’s earliest moments, according to new ...

An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just ...

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

The flash was spotted on March 14 by a French-Chinese space telescope called SVOM, which launched last year on a mission to track gamma-ray bursts, the brightest and most powerful explosions in the ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, ...

"Precision in these measurements is critical, as even subtle discrepancies could signal deviations from the model — ...

A team of researchers has built one of the most detailed open maps of emerging technologies yet assembled, allowing ...

Tyson’s ultimate goal was to image large swathes of the sky, measuring how galaxies’ shapes distorted as their light ...

The cosmos often sends subtle signals during life's pivotal moments, guiding us through recurring numbers, strong instincts, ...