What shape is the universe? The mathematics of flat space is astonishingly versatile, and new research is upending the ...

A new JCAP study tests an “emulator” to reconstruct the large-scale structure of the cosmos If you think a galaxy is big, compare it to the size of the Universe: it’s just a tiny dot which, together ...

DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) has, in just five years, completed the largest and most comprehensive 3D map of the universe ever constructed, cataloging over 47 million galaxies and ...

The universe may not be perfectly uniform after all, a new series of papers hints. If confirmed, this could upend a nearly ...

A newly developed technique could teach AI algorithms to see the universe with unprecedented clarity — potentially exposing the cracks in our understanding of the cosmos. Our cosmic rulebook, known as ...

The birth of the universe has been a question that has puzzled scientists for centuries. In a groundbreaking study published in Physical Review Research, researchers from Spain and Italy introduce a ...

An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be straightforward. Objects are still emitting light, and that light takes time to travel ...