Study reveals that the Euclid telescope may be underestimating the number of barred galaxies due to limitations in its images ...

A new study has found that a hidden bias in galaxy models can skew gravitational-wave measurements of how fast the universe is expanding. That finding complicates one of astronomy’s most promising ...

Observations show the universe appears flat, yet its true size and global shape beyond the observable horizon may remain ...

I live near a few volcanoes. One of them – Mount St. Helens – is bubbling with molten material that will probably gush out as lava someday. I asked my friend Johannes Hämmerli about lava. He’s an ...

Earth and the entire Milky Way galaxy might be sitting inside an enormous, mysterious void—a giant cosmic hole making our universe expand faster right here than anywhere else. This unusual idea, ...

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Gold was not born on our planet Earth; it was forged in a violent ‘cosmic forge’ far beyond our solar system. Research published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters identifies a 'missing link' in the ...

Imagine that the Sun is on the verge of exploding. Or that a planet-killing asteroid is headed our way. Or maybe you just ...

Blue oceans, green forests, a cozy blanket of oxygen. Our planet is a super comfy home. It’s hard to imagine there was ever a time it didn’t exist. I asked my friend Julie Ménard how Earth formed. She ...