Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

A groundbreaking new study, recently published on arXiv, challenges one of the most fundamental assumptions in cosmology: ...

Narlikar’s main contribution was in modifying Einstein’s general relativity equations in a manner consistent with the ...

Scientists are using cosmic distortions in light to test a bold idea: that the Universe might not be as symmetrical as we’ve ...

The "afterglow" of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang. This background radiation also provides ...

A re-examination of the distribution of powerful space explosions suggests that the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, a ...

The universe began with a bang—an explosion so intense, it forged the fabric of space and time itself. This pivotal moment, ...

Scientists arrived at this number because of evidence from radiometric dating ... microwave background and the change in the universe's rate of expansion. Therein lies the rub.

In 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble found that the universe was expanding. Then, in 1998, evidence emerged that this cosmic expansion is accelerating. Physicists were startled by this result.

By the time Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky began coining the term "super-nova" in the 1930s, Edwin Hubble and his colleagues had already reported evidence of a Universe expanding faster than the ...