For many critics of religion, particularly within atheist circles, the Big Bang theory is frequently presented as a decisive scientific evidence against belief in God and the biblical doctrine of ...

If one considers the history of human progress, many breakthroughs were driven either by government or by business. Powerful political leaders and savvy entrepreneurs have accomplished a lot. Yet a ...

The prolific writer has returned with a sequel to his bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything.

The universe is so vast, and the difficulty of discovering all that there is out in the cosmos is so great, that one might as well count all the grains of sand in the Sahara. But now, with the help of ...

The universe is filled with innumerable astrophysical objects, each one different from the last. But even amid this vast diversity, some stand out as truly bizarre. A pair of astronomers recently ...

Over 20 years after construction began, and over six months after its dedication, the Hale Telescope saw first light on Jan. 26, 1949. It was the largest telescope in the world, employing a 200-inch ...

Although the weather is still a bit cold, the bright stars of late winter captivate us with their dazzling beauty. Our most magnificent picture in the stars, Orion the Hunter, draws us into the Winter ...

What we know so far: Stars, like all living organisms, age according to predictable physical laws – or so astronomers once thought. Yet scattered throughout the Milky Way's oldest star clusters are ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

A Simon Fraser University cosmologist believes his team's new research may bring them a step closer to cracking one of science's biggest questions—the Hubble tension. The quest to determine how fast ...

One of the most stubborn issues in cosmology today concerns the universe's rate of expansion. Scientists know it's expanding, but defining the rate of that expansion is challenging. The rate of ...