Little can we anticipate from the quiet, star-studded sky the violent events in the cosmos. Stars explode. Powerful radio sources eject matter in jets. The ever-changing Universe grows more beautiful ...

In "Pillars of Creation," Richard Panek shows how the James Webb Space Telescope is transforming our view of the cosmos.

Scientists have used the world's fastest supercomputer to show the universe as it has never been ... look back in time to the early days of the cosmos. However, those images only give us snapshots ...

Where does science go from here? Does what has been popularly called a theory of everything exist? Is there a multiverse? Must we be satisfied with an anthropic principle? The authors discuss these ...

How do astronomers describe the shape of the universe, and what could it mean for the fate of the cosmos? complex to measure the shape of the universe. In fact, this question has a very ...

The cosmos has long captivated ... closer to more accurate measurements, the universe's true size might remain one of the ...

It's the first time that scientists have witnessed clumps of stars assembling to form a galaxy like our own Milky Way and ...

Once it’s launched into outer space in 2027, NASA’s next telescope will provide the “big picture” of the universe. But for two Duke scientists, preparations are already underway. Once it’s launched ...

By Dennis Overbye As the day shrinks into its annual darkness, here’s what I know about the cosmos — so far. For an instant of cosmic time you are the center of the universe, wondering where ...

In fact, the rate of star formation in our universe reached its peak well over 10 billion years ago. The cosmos has been making stars since then, but at an ever decreasing rate. Someday ...

The human species is ever-changing and so is our view of the universe. By Jeffrey Kluger ... showing how our view of the cosmos has slowly changed. If there is dazzle in the contemporary images ...