Starting today, the Earth will be passing through a meteor shower. But in astronomy, the human eye is very much a limited tool. But increasingly powerful instruments are allowing us to peer ever ...

Measurements of ancient light from the cosmic microwave background suggest that the universe is remarkably flat. But that ...

How do you correctly use the anthropic principle? The moment you started observing reality, you hopelessly polluted any conclusions you might make about it. The anthropic principle guarantees that you ...

Are you interested in astronomy? Find a time to deepen your knowledge and observe the night sky this summer! The stars, planets, and all the things “out there” are sometimes difficult to see with the ...

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration recently began a new observing run that promises to take gravitational-wave astronomy to the next level. According to scientists from across the ...

After nine years of scanning the sky, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) space mission has concluded its observations of the cosmic microwave background, the oldest light in the universe.

Scientists have for the first time observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion, unlocking one of the mysteries of Einstein's expanding universe. The research is published in Nature ...

What is NASA's new space telescope PRIMA? JAXA also participates, exploring the origins of water from the 'cold universe'To see the universe, cool the telescope itself.While it may sound contradictory ...