Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves may be the key to solving the Hubble tension — one of the biggest nagging problems in physics.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

About 13.8 billion years ago, the origin of the universe began with the Big Bang. Scientists say all space, time, matter, and energy emerged from a tiny, dense point. Today, the universe is still ...

With the universe constantly expanding, scientists have a hard time finding where its center is. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, this anniversary marks an im ...

Artist Ashley Zelinskie is "Wandering through Time and Space”' with ESA's Webb team. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a misunderstanding of work by physicists Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen. In 1935, ...

Michael S Turner argues that the next breakthrough in particle physics and cosmology may be just around the corner.

A new hypothesis known as the Quantum Memory Matrix (QMM) could help explain some of the biggest mysteries of the universe, including the Black Hole Information Paradox. The idea is that space-time ...

Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time and the latter a point in space, but in both cases the normally ...

Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time — shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a misunderstanding of work by physicists Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen. In ...