Cosmology
The Universe is the Same, Everywhere We Look. Even More than Cosmologists Predicted
The Universe is about 10% smoother than we expect, and astronomers aren't entirely sure why.
How Loop Quantum Gravity Could Match Anomalies in the CMB with Large Structures in the Modern Universe
A strange celestial tension could be caused by a cosmic tango between events at very small and very large scales.
According to Globular Clusters, the Universe is 13.35 Billion Years Old
A new study by an international team of astronomers and cosmologists has used globular clusters to come up with new…
Take a Flight Through the Most Detailed 3D Map of the Universe Ever Made
Once I accidentally took a photo of one of the most important stars in the Universe... Andromeda Galaxy imaged at…
Astronomers Have Mapped Out an Enormous Structure in the Universe Called the South Pole Wall
Galaxies aren't spread evenly throughout space. They exist in groups, clusters, and superclusters. Our own Milky Way galaxy exists in…
A Giant Galaxy Seen Lighting Up the Universe Shortly After the Big Bang
The discovery of a bright galaxy that existed 13 billion years ago is shedding light on a period known own…
Searching for the End of the Universe’s “Dark Age”
According to the most widely accepted cosmological theories, the first stars in the Universe formed a few hundred million years…
Evidence is Building that the Standard Model of the Expansion of the Universe Needs some new Ideas
Astronomers have measured the Hubble constant using astrophysical masers, and the result makes our understanding of cosmic expansion even worse.
A New Telescope is Ready to Start Searching for Answers to Explain Dark Energy
Back in 2015, construction began on a new telescope called the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Later this year, it…
A New Test Confirms Dark Energy and the Expansion of the Universe
Our measurements of dark energy give contradictory results. A new study confirms dark energy, but suggests it is more strange…