The night sky may look calm, but behind the glowing points of light lies a violent and complex process of creation. Stars, ...

On human timescales, the universe may as well be eternal. It’ll be here long after our species and our planet are gone, but it does have an end. The generally accepted long-term evolution of the ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...

Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the ...

Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

Massive stars do not live long. There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the width of the sun. If it were placed in our ...