Cosmology

Oscillations inside the giant planet perturb its rings, promising new clues to the nature of its enormous interior

Tiny, faint Leo P may point to additional galaxies hidden in our corner of the cosmos

A 2010 supernova, one of the brightest ever seen, has yielded conflicting interpretations

Even some of the more faithful might have wondered over the last few days whether there truly is a God

Detectors at the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search have recorded three events that may represent collisions from weakly interacting massive particles

The onboard Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer has detected what is thought to be dark matter’s signature antimatter particles, but it cannot yet pin down their origin

New York University research scientist Gabe Perez-Giz answers viewer questions submitted to our YouTube Spacelab Channel

An astrophotographer who snapped images of the cosmos from a driveway in Connecticut is taking center stage in a Brooklyn space art exhibit

Under the simplest assumptions, the measured mass of the Higgs could mean the universe is unstable and destined to fall apart. But don’t worry—it won’t happen for billions of eons

New data from the European Planck satellite indicate that the universe is 13.8 billion years old rather than a mere 13.7 billion years old. John Matson reports

The subject was nothing at the Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Steve Mirsky reports

The Planck space telescope's picture of the cosmic microwave background sheds fresh light on the first instants following the birth of the universe, and suggests that it's about 80 million years older than previously thought