Curiosity and the desire to explore are traits deeply rooted in human nature. Space exploration is no exception; it reflects humanity's timeless drive to seek new horizons, challenge our limits, and ...

A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the universe created by a mysterious substance known as dark matter.

Most cosmologists believe that these stars were the first large, free-floating structures to illuminate our universe, and that black holes appeared later. But some have proposed that it went the other ...

More than three years after it was first announced, a new deep space antenna is being brought online in Western Australia.

In a groundbreaking development, astronomers have recorded a perfect geometric signal from deep space. This remarkable discovery could potentially shed new light on the enigmatic universe and the ...

IIT Bombay: With its ambitious 'Daksha' mission, IIT Bombay is well-positioned to improve India's standing in the global deep space competition. Under the direction of Physics Department Professor ...

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, which swirls inward until it eventually vanishes into a gravitational ...

In early 2024, McGill University doctoral student Vishwangi Shah and her colleagues were conducting a routine review of data from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment when they noticed ...

But Luis Jauregui’s work, which might power quantum computers needed for long-range space exploration, also shows how basic research is a smart investment.