It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, ...

The surface of Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, ...

A team of researchers believe they have identified a large, rotating structure 140 million light-years away from Earth. The ...

Mon., June 23, 2025 A composite image of the supernova 1E0102.2-7219 contains X-rays from Chandra (blue and purple), visible light data from VLT’s MUSE instrument (bright red), and additional data ...

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New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. When you purchase ...

There’s a new place to look for life in the universe. Astronomers announced Wednesday the discovery of an Earth-size planet around a small red star in our corner of the galaxy. The planet could hold ...

This solar system and universe station is part of the Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition that opens Monday, May 5, on the fourth floor of the University of Wyoming’s Science Initiative Building. The ...

Astronomers poring over four years of data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft have discovered a star that’s 11.2 billion years old and has at least five Earth-size planets. “We thus show that Earth-size ...

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could ...