The Simons Observatory is one of the most ambitious cosmic observatories on Earth, dedicated to studying the cosmic microwave ...

A new look at radio maps of the sky shows a pronounced tilt, called a dipole, that astronomers are still unable to explain ...

UChicago-led study analyzes massive galaxy clusters mapped by the Dark Energy Survey, offers new way to probe cosmic laws ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...

Astronomers have unveiled a new catalog of massive galaxy clusters, revealing new insight on the evolution of the universe.

A new analysis of ‘cool’ spots in the cosmic microwave background may cast new doubts on a key piece of evidence supporting the big bang theory of how the universe was formed. Two scientists at The ...

Most explanations rely on "dark energy" to explain the Universe's accelerating expansion rate, but a new study takes a different path.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made a significant breakthrough in the field of astronomy by refining the age of the ...

PITTSBURGH-In findings reported today by the journal Science, a team of Carnegie Mellon University and University of Maine astrophysicists say they have confirmed the existence of acoustic ...

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Cosmic microwave background is the oldest light in the universe. Cosmic microwave background is the oldest light in the universe. It was set free when the universe was a mere 380,000 years old and ...