Scientists have proposed Earth is in the middle of a huge void in space, potentially resolving the cosmic mystery known as ...

"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very unlikely." ...

For one, scientists observe a "cosmic fossil" called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The first light that was free to ...

Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs) – the “sound of the Big Bang” – support the idea of a local void. Gabriela Secara, ...

An artist's impression of the UK-led CosmoCube spacecraft, which would orbit be tasked with listening out for an "ancient ...

According to a provocative new study, that might just be our cosmic address. This idea is meant to solve one of the biggest ...

Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the "Cosmic Dawn" by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient ...

An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and ...

Strange Matter might be the most bizarre and potentially dangerous form of matter in the Universe. Unlike the atoms and molecules that make up everything around us, Strange Matter is composed of ...

Evidence is mounting that cosmic dark energy, long thought constant, may weaken with time - potentially altering the fate of ...

Scientists think they found evidence of weird ancient stars called "dark stars" that are powered by dark matter instead of ...

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in ...