The universe is filled with galaxies — more than a trillion by some estimates — and we’ve only mapped a fraction of them. But answering some of the most pressing mysteries plaguing astronomers today, ...

Space.com sat down with authors Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke about how to hold the cosmos in your hand. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

You can now hold the universe in your hand with a 3D-printed model of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the oldest light in the universe. Like a time capsule sent from soon after the Big Bang, ...

Scientists have proposed new instruments that would use spectroscopy to decode dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation. Telescope images can tell us a whole lot about celestial objects: where ...

Dr. Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, a theoretical astrophysicist at The University of Texas at Dallas, has spent his career seeking answers to some of the universe's greatest mysteries, including why the ...

It has been over two decades since the discovery of dark energy. Scientists have therefore had more than 20 years to decode the secrets of this invisible substance that appears to be pulling the ...

The first-ever artificial intelligence simulation of the universe seems to work like the real thing -- and is almost as mysterious.Researchers reported the new simulation June 24 in the journal ...

Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the wonders of the universe as she is. When she's not daydreaming about flying through space, she's daydreaming ...

Brian May has recorded some of the most memorable songs in history, gained a PhD in astrophysics, worked on Nasa's New Horizons mission to Pluto and campaigned for animal rights. But the Queen lead ...

An international consortium of astronomers says that it's made the most precise measurements to date of dark energy, while pinpointing the positions of 1.2 million galaxies in the largest ever 3D map ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from 3D Kaleidoscope: Baby Universe Baby Universe is an experiment in visuals. It consists of different worlds with digital kaleidoscopes. One of them, a 3D ...