Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

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The universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous—and highly ...

The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous -- and highly debated -- results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predicted by ...

Strange "right-handed" neutrinos may be responsible for all the matter in the universe, according to new research.

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

New measurements show that the expansion rate of the universe is faster than can be explained by our current understanding of ...

This is called the “heat death” of the Universe, but you can think of it instead as the death of heat. There will be no more ...

When we turn to “complex” extraterrestrial life or “intelligent” aliens, our results were 67.4 percent agreement, and 58.2 ...