Archaeologists have unearthed a colossal Maya cosmogram at Aguada Fenix, which serves as a 3,000-year-old map of the universe ...

Evidence suggests the universe’s expansion has started to slow, not accelerate. The results imply dark energy is weakening ...

A remarkable new study challenges the findings of Nobel Prize-winning research into how our universe has changed over time.

Astronomers have assumed for decades that the Universe is expanding at the same rate in all directions. A new study based on data from ESA’s XMM-Newton, NASA’s Chandra and the German-led ROSAT X-ray ...

As if dark energy weren't already mysterious and baffling enough, new research suggests that this unknown force may not be ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

“The first thing we know about the universe is that it’s really, really big,” says cosmologist Michael Turner, who has been contemplating this reality for more than four decades now. “And because the ...

Astrophysicists at the University of Chicago have developed physics-based models suggesting that dark energy could be changing over time. Dark energy, the mysterious force causing the universe to ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

A panel of physicists and astronomers grapple with possible cracks in our modern creation myth, the standard model of cosmology. JWST’s image of spiral galaxy NGC 628, which is 32 million light-years ...

The study of symmetries in black hole spacetimes has emerged as a cornerstone for comprehending the underlying dynamics of these enigmatic compact objects. By identifying both explicit and hidden ...