The universe isn’t just big — it’s beyond comprehension. From the 93 billion light-year observable universe to galaxies packed with billions of stars, everything we see is just a fraction of what’s ...

New 3D map of the early universe from HETDEX reveals faint hydrogen light linking galaxies 9 to 11 billion years ago.

Observations show the universe appears flat, yet its true size and global shape beyond the observable horizon may remain forever unknown.

“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was released in March 2026 to stellar ratings from ...

I live near a few volcanoes. One of them – Mount St. Helens – is bubbling with molten material that will probably gush out as lava someday. I asked my friend Johannes Hämmerli about lava. He’s an ...

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On Jan. 28, 2026, NASA announced that its James Webb Space Telescope had spotted its furthest detectable galaxy to date. The announcement marks the closest astronomers have come to studying the early ...

Astronomers have discovered the brightest and most distant "megamaser" to date. The cosmic energy beam is shooting toward Earth from 8 billion light-years away and was spotted thanks to a weird ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Blue oceans, green forests, a cozy blanket of oxygen. Our planet is a super comfy home. It’s hard to imagine there was ever a time it didn’t exist. I asked my friend Julie Ménard how Earth formed. She ...