Planck releases final “legacy” data release

ESA’s Planck satellite has been studying the cosmic microwave background for over five years

Dark matter could have an electrical charge

New research into dark matter’s interaction with normal matter indicates that some dark matter could have a tiny electrical charge

There’s plenty of it, so what shape do we think the universe is?

Observations of the universe’s oldest light, the Cosmic Microwave Background, has revealed the first stars formed 13.6 billion years ago

The results of a new survey could have brought us closer to solving the mystery behind the cosmic microwave background’s ‘Cold Spot’

An unexpected contribution to the universe’s relic radiation has been detected for the very first time

The universe is expanding uniformly according to new research by astronomers at University College London

‘Cosmic gaps’ could contain as much as 20 per cent of the ‘normal’ matter in the universe

A jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the universe has been discovered

A giant jet spanning continuously for many light years is seen racing out of the galaxy Pictor A

The cosmos might not only be expanding, but also ringing at the same time

We find out if the cosmos is hotting up or cooling down

The Planck satellite brings BICEP2’s Big Bang discovery into further question

We’re reminded of the defunct satellite that could tell us even more about the early Universe