Spread the loveThe mystery surrounding the expansion of the Universe continues to baffle scientists, as a recent international study has revealed an expansion rate that not only defies expectations ...

A major international effort has produced an ultra-precise measurement of the Universe’s expansion rate, confirming it’s ...

A black patch of sky looks empty until you stop taking it for granted. That is the starting point of a theory from Professor ...

Since its launch in April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been an invaluable tool for astronomers in unraveling the ...

Cousins says he is “hopeful” that the findings of gravitational-wave cosmology will be able shed more light on the Hubble ...

Primordial magnetic fields may help explain why measurements of the universe’s expansion do not agree. Scientists have long known that the universe is expanding, yet there is still no agreement on how ...

What Came Before The Big Bang?

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Waterloo scientists have developed a new way to understand how the universe began, and it could change what we know about the Big Bang and the earliest moments of cosmic history. Their work suggests ...

The Crab Nebula has been expanding ever since a star exploded nearly 1,000 years ago – but until now, that motion has mostly lived in static images. Instead of a frozen cloud of debris, the nebula ...

A quarter-century after its first observations of the full Crab Nebula, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken a fresh look at the supernova remnant. The result is an unparalleled, detailed look at ...