Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic events ever observed in the universe. These powerful outbursts can shine a ...

The rotating model, which does not break any known law of physics, suggests the universe could spin around once every 500 billion years. This would be far too slowly to detect easily, but enough to ...

Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of "hidden" galaxies that could hold the key to ...

Nicknamed the “Big Wheel,” a giant, spiral-shaped disk galaxy was spotted in an unusually crowded part of the early universe just two billion years after the big bang ...

This vast survey, containing the positions of 15 million galaxies, constitutes the largest three-dimensional mapping of the universe to date. For context, the light from the most remote galaxies ...

In one of the largest and most important Iron Age finds in the history of the UK and Europe, archaeologists have recovered an “exceptional” 800 objects from the Melsonby Hoard. Since the ...

Biggest vs smallest - how do we measure up in the grand scheme of the universe? Explore the fascinating scales of existence, from quantum particles to the observable universe’s edge. A journey into ...

Two of the biggest questions in astrophysics relate to the nature of dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95 percent of the universe ... around the distant object. These powerful lenses ...

Uncover the insights gained from the Webb telescope about early galaxies and their role in illuminating the universe.

In the years since, astronomers like me have uncovered a vast and expanding universe filled with trillions of galaxies, fundamentally changing our perspective on space. The Andromeda galaxy, or M31, ...