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Explore 25 universe mysteries scientists are still scratching their heads over, from dark matter to the Big Bang's secrets.

The largest 3D map of the universe reveals over 47 million galaxies, but dark energy remains an unsolved mystery.

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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 ...

New research explains why some black holes are missing, showing how exploding stars stop certain black holes from forming.

When the first gravitational wave (GW) was detected back in 2015, scientists said they had opened a new window into the Universe. While most of astronomy is based on detecting electromagnetic energy, ...

According to scientists, red supergiant stars should produce more supernovas. But astronomers just aren’t spotting them. Here ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, has finished its planned 3D map of the universe — but the work is far from over. Carnegie Mellon University researchers are already pushing the ...

Luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs) are among the universe's brightest and fastest explosions but their origin is not completely understood. A new study takes a closer look at the galaxies ...