Earth—our tiny blue dot in the galaxy—is approximately 26,000 light years away from a fascinating and active region of the Milky Way called the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). This region holds clues ...

The "afterglow" of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang. This background radiation also provides ...

Shocking’ results from a major astronomical study have raised doubts about the standard model of cosmology, forcing ...

"This shocking result means that we now need to revisit the very foundations of everything we know about cosmology," said the reseachers.

Scientists are using cosmic distortions in light to test a bold idea: that the Universe might not be as symmetrical as we’ve ...

The discovery of the new antihypernucleus could help scientists better understand the state of the universe just a millionth of a second after the Big Bang.

Understanding why we live in a matter-dominated universe demands that scientists ... not according to the Standard Model of physics. In those first moments of being, matter and antimatter should ...

István Szapudi's team introduced a minuscule rotation into their mathematical models of the universe. This adjustment, though tiny, helped reconcile conflicting measurements without violating known ...

"It is larger than the size of most anything to which it might be compared." The universe's largest structure, the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, was already a challenge to explain with ...