Astronomers have pulled off an unprecedented feat: detecting ultra-faint light from the Big Bang using ground-based telescopes. This polarized light scattered by the universe's very first stars over ...

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But the universe’s initial moments after the cataclysmic explosion, including how its earliest stars influenced the light we ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected powerful black hole jets emanating from a galaxy 11.6 billion light-years away.

For the first time, astronomers have used a ground-based telescope to observe polarized microwave light from the universe's ...

For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars ...

From a Mars rover selfie to an astronaut's view of the flower moon, these space images will give you a new perspective on our ...

Jeremy Darling’s novel approach applies astrometry to detect the gravitational wave background, offering new insights into the early universe and large-scale cosmic events.

A new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed the astonishing discovery of an exceptionally powerful black ...

A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a new study from NASA's ...

Particles racing through space at nearly the speed of light pack energy millions of times greater than anything we can create on Earth. For decades, these cosmic bullets have puzzled scientists: where ...

Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years later, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris ...