Then there was the September discovery of C/2025 R2 (SWAN), a comet so bright that even when it was near the moon on ...

Current physics is speeding toward a breaking point, as astronomers confirm that the Hubble tension in new data.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found compelling evidence for “monster stars” — gigantic, primordial stars that existed in the early universe.  For almost 20 years, one of the universe’s ...

Scientists are testing a novel way to measure cosmic expansion using time delays in gravitationally lensed quasars. Their ...

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 ...

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

It might have escaped lay people at the time, but for some observers the ascension of Leo XIV as head of the Catholic Church this year was a reminder that the last time a Pope Leo sat in St. Peter’s ...

Enrique Gaztanaga receives funding from the Spanish Plan Nacional (PGC2018-102021-B-100) and Maria de Maeztu (CEX2020-001058-M) grants. Enrique Gaztanaga is also a Professor at the Institute of Space ...

The Gruber Foundation today recognized four scientists who have made significant contributions to the fields of cosmology, genetics, and neuroscience. Recipients of the Gruber International Prize ...

Fifth Third has 21 new banking centers planned for low- and moderate-income or high minority population areas this year. UC alum donates $10M to school The donation will fund scholarships for 100 ...

At a beachfront convention center in Cancún, Mexico, last December, Seshadri Nadathur presented a confidential growth chart of the universe. Seated in the audience, hundreds of his fellow scientists ...