When considering the creation of the universe, there are three principal questions we can ask: Who? How? and Why?

The Big Bang should be thought of as a "point" in time but not happening at a particular place. Astronomers will often say ...

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Astronomers say they are close to solving an intergalactic mystery about the creation of the universe's biggest galaxies ...

Stars are the building blocks of the universe, yet their arrangement within massive galaxies remains one of astronomy’s great ...

It's the first time that scientists have witnessed clumps of stars assembling to form a galaxy like our own Milky Way and ...

In “Pillars of Creation,” Richard Panek shows how the James Webb Space Telescope is altering our view of the cosmos ...

Astronomers say they are close to solving an intergalactic mystery about the creation of the universe's biggest galaxies which has puzzled experts for decades. Urban and community planners have a ...