Dark matter has never been detected, yet it is a key part of the dominant theory of cosmology. An alternative theory, MOND, is empirically equivalent and more successful at making predictions. But the ...

Dr. Frank is an astrophysicist at the University of Rochester. Dr. Gleiser is a theoretical physicist at Dartmouth College. Not long after the James Webb Space Telescope began beaming back from outer ...

As per the title, simple question: what are the most up-to-date books on cosmology? Obviously I mean for the layman, not the PhD research student! I haven't read a good one in quite a while, ie many ...

Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New findings risk turning the tension into a crisis, scientists say. When you ...

For thousands of years, humans have watched the stars and wondered how the universe came to be. But it wasn't until the years of World War I that researchers developed the first observational ...

Not long after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began its science operations, astronomers announced that they had discovered galaxies in the early universe that were far too large, bright and ...

Cosmology is a branch of astronomy involving the science of the universe's origin. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cosmology is a ...

Andreea Font receives funding from Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a ...

Thomas Kitching receives funding from the Royal Society, and the Science & Technology Facilities Council. Science is advancing rapidly. We are eradicating diseases, venturing further into space and ...

Ever feel like you are stuck in a hole? Newsflash: you are. Astronomers call it the “local hole”, but that is quite the understatement. It is vast, gigantic, enormously huge – although, in truth, ...

One hundred years ago a Scientific American article about the history and large-scale structure of the universe would have been almost completely wrong. In 1908 scientists thought our galaxy ...