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 to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole ...

The universe is expanding, and while that fact is fascinating, it also creates a question that trips people up: if […] ...

For more than two decades, the standard model of cosmology has stood as a reliable guide to the universe. Known as Lambda Cold Dark Matter, or ΛCDM, it weaves together dark energy, dark matter, and ...

In a recent study published in the Astrophysical Journalletters, scientists confirmed something both exhilarating and ...

Astronomers have discovered a black hole, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, that is expanding at a rate 2.4 times ...

Dark energy —the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate—is one of the ...

New computer simulations suggest the first magnetic fields that emerged after the Big Bang were much weaker than expected — containing the equivalent magnetic energy of a human brain.

As the universe continues to expand, so too does our understanding of the forces that govern it. Yet, for renowned Canadian-American physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, the real challenge lies not in the ...

The black hole, named RACS J0320-35, is about a billion times heavier than the Sun. It lies 12.8 billion light years from ...

The Beast is neither an expansion nor a sequel. However, it is another good opportunity for an extremely spectacular ...