Even stars can get lost in space. Scientists who shot a rocket up beyond Earth’s atmosphere for a matter of minutes have made a remarkable discovery about the diffuse background light that permeates ...

Astronomers have developed a way to detect the ultraviolet background of the universe, which could help explain why there are so few small galaxies in the cosmos. Astronomers have developed a way to ...

Astronomers have heard the faint hum of gravitational waves echoing throughout the universe for the first time. For nearly a decade, scientists have been hunting for the gravitational wave background, ...

Scientists may have identified the gravitational waves that make up some of the universe’s background, not just those coming from unusual events like black hole collisions. New Atlas reports that the ...

Cosmologists have long treated black holes and the Big Bang as separate extremes of physics, one swallowing light, the other ...

Astronomers are trying to listen to the universe's background hum — a cascade of gravitational waves believed to exist since the first rapid inflation of space following the Big Bang over 13.8 billion ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This week's "Ask A Spaceman" episode explores the radiation echo of the Big Bang that formed our ...

In a hypertorus model of the Universe, motion in a straight line will return you to your original location, even in an uncurved (flat) spacetime. The Universe could also be closed and positively ...

Without that texture, there’d be none of us. By Dennis Overbye As Thanksgiving approaches, would-be chefs and hosts, including apparently my editors, are perfecting their techniques for making the all ...

Astronomers have developed a new technique to detect the cosmic ultraviolet background radiation that keeps the universe ionized and hot. Their findings provide clues as to why astronomers observe ...