One of the best-performing models in cosmology is also one with the least physical rationale behind it. Columnist Leah Crane ...

A good chunk of cosmology is riding on whether dark matter exists or not. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is ...

Cyclic cosmology, or the big bounce, is the idea that the universe will eventually crunch back together and then go through another big bang. Columnist Leah Crane finds that, appropriately, it’s comin ...

The conclusion of DESI's first survey marks an important milestone for cosmology, which finds itself in a bind for the best ...

A group of undergraduate students pulled off something remarkable: they built their own dark matter detector and used it to ...

"The Story of Everything" documentary argues scientific discoveries about the universe, DNA and fine-tuning point to the ...

An unprecedented neutrino detection in the Mediterranean has pushed the boundaries of high-energy astrophysics, raising new ...

The National Academy of Sciences elected three faculty from the University of California San Diego to membership, one of the ...

In the era of precision cosmology, research often means big science: large observatories, highly complex instruments, international collaborations and substantial funding. Yet even in such an advanced ...

At the centres of many galaxies lie supermassive black holes with masses millions or even billions of times greater than the ...

A spectacular cosmic event nicknamed “SN Winny” could help solve one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries: how fast the universe is expanding. This rare superluminous supernova, located 10 billion ...