This year, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Shimon Sakaguchi from Osaka University in Japan, Mary E.

For two decades, scientists believed the cosmological constant, known as λ (lambda), was positive. That meant the Universe ...

HD 140283, better known as the Methuselah star, is around 200 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Libra. It is ...

A new study from David Kipping attempts to explain why we are located around a yellow star, and so early in the universe.

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density ...

Astronomers have identified a rare odd radio circle — twin rings surrounding a galaxy 7 billion light-years away.

Artist Tavares Strachan's first L.A. show blends his research into climatology, ocean science, aeronautics, chemistry, ...

For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

Michio Kaku explores two great mysteries: what existed before the universe and how the human brain creates ...

Modern cosmology reveals a universe expanding uniformly without a spatial center or edge. The Big Bang wasn't a localized explosion but a simultaneous ...

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