Are we alone? It's one of the most basic questions of human existence. People have been trying to answer it for millennia in ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking tool called Effort.jl that lets them simulate the structure of the universe using ...

The ‘inflationary’ model of cosmology explains many large-scale features of the Universe as the result of a primordial period ...

For the first time, an international research team led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated that applying pixelized strong-lensing ...

Most explanations rely on "dark energy" to explain the Universe's accelerating expansion rate, but a new study takes a different path.

A new emulator is tackling the near-impossible task of mapping the universe's large-scale structure without sacrificing intricate details. As you might imagine, mapping the universe on the largest of ...

"We already see indications of cracks in the standard model." Are we living in a simulation? Well, the jury's out on that one. But humans do create simulations all the time. In fact, the Euclid ...

Researchers have moved one step closer to solving one of science’s greatest mysteries—why the universe is filled with matter instead of nothing. Scientists at Indiana University have made a major ...

Pt. I, Stars, planets, and life : -- The size and scale of the universe -- From the day and night sky to planetary orbits -- Newton's Laws -- How stars radiate energy (I) -- How stars radiate energy ...

In October 1923, Edwin Hubble utilized the 100-inch Hooker telescope to photograph the Andromeda Nebula, identifying a variable star within it. Hubble applied the known period-luminosity relationship ...