A mysterious object has been detected at the edge of the universe, sparking curiosity and debate within the scientific community. As researchers scramble to understand its origins and purpose, ...

Deepak Chopra lends his support to stem-cell biologist Robert Lanza and theoretical physicist Matej Pavšič's new book The Grand Biocentric Design. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Something in ...

Computer simulations help cosmologists unlock the mystery of how the universe evolved. Astronomers face a unique problem. While scientists from most fields can conduct experiments—particle physicists ...

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When astronomers peer up at the heavens, they aren't just looking for objects we already know to exist. They also hunt for evidence of physical phenomena we think should exist but haven't found yet.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. If there's one thing we've experimentally determined to be a constant ...

Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies. These clusters are some of the largest known objects in the ...

Astronomers report that they have detected the second most distant dusty, star-forming galaxy ever found in the universe -- born in the first one billion years after the Big Bang. It is the oldest ...

The black ring and central dot show infrared image of a distant galaxy distorted by a gravitation lens. Orange/reg shows radio waves from the same object. The inset shows a pinch caused by another, ...

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