This new measurement is based upon measuring the distance to red giant stars in different galaxies
Astronomers have created a new way to study magnetic fields
Understanding magnetic fields can lead to understanding major astrophysical processes
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
What shape is space?
There’s plenty of it, so what shape do we think the universe is?
Astronomers detect signals from the first stars ever born
Observations of the universe’s oldest light, the Cosmic Microwave Background, has revealed the first stars formed 13.6 billion years ago
Big Bang radiation’s ‘Cold Spot’ could be evidence for a multiverse
The results of a new survey could have brought us closer to solving the mystery behind the cosmic microwave background’s ‘Cold Spot’
Giant radio telescope casts new light on Big Bang radiation
An unexpected contribution to the universe’s relic radiation has been detected for the very first time
Astronomers discover space ‘has no sense of direction’
The universe is expanding uniformly according to new research by astronomers at University College London
Enormous voids in space could contain more matter than previously thought
‘Cosmic gaps’ could contain as much as 20 per cent of the ‘normal’ matter in the universe
Big Bang’s glow aids discovery of black hole’s jet
A jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the universe has been discovered
Black hole’s 300,000 light-year blast captured by space telescope
A giant jet spanning continuously for many light years is seen racing out of the galaxy Pictor A
Universe could be ringing like a crystal glass
The cosmos might not only be expanding, but also ringing at the same time
Is the universe cooling down?
We find out if the cosmos is hotting up or cooling down
Starmus 2014: Hawking states that “surprising” BICEP2 results always “needed to be followed up by Planck”
The Planck satellite brings BICEP2’s Big Bang discovery into further question
“Planck could still wield the key to understanding more about our infant cosmos”
We’re reminded of the defunct satellite that could tell us even more about the early Universe