In a recent study published in the Astrophysical Journalletters, scientists confirmed something both exhilarating and unsettling: the universe is expanding in a way that defies our most trusted models ...

The universe appears to be expanding at a staggering speed, much faster than expected. A recent study reinforces this ...

This sort of motion is common in galaxies sporting active central supermassive black holes, like the one in the nearby ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. Everything on Earth, in our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond is contained within ...

Some astronomers think one set of measurements or the other will turn out to be wrong. Others believe that the tension is a hint of deeper problems with the scientific description of the universe, ...

A new Utah Valley University study is providing new evidence in a debate astronomers across the world haven’t been able to agree on — how fast the universe is expanding. The findings may add more fuel ...

A more precise distance to the Coma galaxy cluster was measured. This measurement increases the discrepancy between observed and predicted universe expansion rates. The discrepancy, called the Hubble ...

The universe is poised to die much faster than previously thought, according to new research by Dutch scientists. But there's no great need to panic. We still have 10 to the power of 78 years before ...

The expiration date for the universe is now sooner than experts previously thought, new research suggests. But don't cancel your summer vacation, because it's still trillions of years in the future.