Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation from the big bang persists even after a new analysis from radio telescopes ...

George Smoot , who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2006 for his studies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), died on 18 September at the age of 80. Smoot’s work on the blackbody form and ...

Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe, has died. He had much to do with the broad understanding of the Big Bang theory.

Every year, autumn brings crisp weather, fresh coffee shop menu items, and a new group of Nobel laureates. While their prize-winning work is often what they’re best known for, laureates are ...

I n 1964, physicist Arno Allan Penzias and radio astronomer Robert Woodrow Wilson picked up a persistent hum in their radio telescope readings.

George Fitzgerald Smoot III, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose experiments about space provided some of the most convincing evidence that the universe began with a Big Bang, died on Sept. 18 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has dramatically transformed the field of astronomy since its launch, precipitating groundbreaking discoveries that have reshaped our understanding of the ...

For years, scientists have used a well-established model to explain how the universe evolves. The standard theory, called the ...

GEORGE FITZGERALD SMOOT III, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose experiments about space provided some of the most convincing evidence that the universe ...

When gazing at the night sky, it feels timeless, with seemingly limitless stars glimmering as they have for billions of years. However, a new study suggests our universe may not be destined to ...