The early universe experienced a phase of rapid expansion, known as inflation. For decades, cosmologists assumed that this ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

The research suggests that the universe has become “messier and more complicated” over time, with a less clumpy distribution of matter.

Researchers studied how the universe’s structure changed over time. They found that the universe is less clumpy than expected ...

This discrepancy is measured using a metric called Sigma 8 (σ8), which tracks the clumpiness of matter. Lower-than-expected ...