“We’re not claiming that it’s absolutely going to happen this decade. But there could be a 90% chance that it does." reading time 2 minutes It’s been a fantastic week for Stephen Hawking’s black hole ...

How did we get here? Where are we going? And how long will it take? These questions are as old as humanity itself, and, if they’ve already been asked by other species elsewhere in the Universe, ...

Light coming from an explosion in the early universe has illuminated a black hole that astronomers think could expand their understanding of how the celestial objects form. Three billion years ago, a ...

Is the universe exploding—expanding swiftly into the uttermost reaches of space? Scientists have been puzzling over the startling speculation ever since the 1920s, when Mount Wilson Astronomers Edwin ...

In deciphering the cosmic puzzle of what the nature of dark energy is, we're going to better learn the fate of the Universe. Whether dark energy changes in strength or sign is key to knowing whether ...

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is ...

Each of the four yellow dots is a separate image of Supernova Refsdal, which lies behind the bright blob of a galaxy cluster in the centre of the picture. Credit: NASA / ESA / P Kelly Each of the four ...