In this awe-inspiring visual journey, the entire 13.8 billion-year history of the universe is condensed into just 10 minutes—each second representing 22 million years. Starting from the Big Bang and ...

TL;DR: The James Webb Space Telescope has collected extensive data enabling scientists to publish the largest and most detailed map of the universe, covering nearly the entire span of cosmic history.

Astrophotographer Stéphane Guisard's latest work showcases the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, as seen at zenith from the Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama desert. Two of our neighboring ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mathematical evidence indicates that our universe is flat, but it could be infinitely big, as well. You can figure out if an object is flat with a ...

It will be a view unlike any other — completely invisible, exceptionally quiet and utterly transformative. Deep in the first moments of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos shook and rumbled. Those quakes ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe. Tantalizing evidence hints that dark energy might be evolving, ...