"Cosmic archaeologists" have discovered an iron-deficient second-generation star, which provides evidence of how ancient stars enriched their successors.

Imagine embarking on a journey aboard a spaceship, heading in one direction as far as possible from Earth. Now, imagine that the spaceship can constantly accelerate up to the speed of light, and you ...

Prologue: Cosmology's extraordinary new frontiers -- How far out can we see? : voyage to the edge of the known universe -- How was the universe born? : reavealing the dawn of time -- How far away will ...

Explore 100 Mind Boggling Discoveries that redefine reality! From exoplanets to dark matter, ancient mysteries to quantum physics, prepare to have your und ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...

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

Rob Coyne receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what ...