The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

Einstein predicted the existence of gravitationally-warped rings of light in 1915. Now, a new one has been discovered just a ...

Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library via Getty Images Meet Quipu, a new contender for the largest known structure in the universe. It’s essentially a giant cluster of galaxy clusters stretching ...

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...

SPHEREx is a groundbreaking NASA telescope that will map the entire sky in infrared, revealing insights into cosmic inflation ...

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where planets formed in the early universe.

30 percent of all galaxies, and a quarter of all matter within that region of the near Universe – but they occupy only 13 percent of its volume, making them clear over-densities with respect to ...

Undersea detectors anchored deep in the Mediterranean Sea found an ultra-high-energy neutrino, a particle that opens a new window onto the cosmos.

NASA's SPHEREx mission will survey the Milky Way galaxy looking for water ice and other key ingredients for life. In the ...