Universe

Data from the CHIME radio observatory are a milestone in the quest to discover the hidden origins of universal structure

Long-awaited boosts to the world’s most powerful collider could spur breakthroughs in the hunt for physics beyond the Standard Model

A debate over conflicting measurements of key cosmological properties is set to shape the next decade of astronomy and astrophysics

A new two-phase approach to building the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment ignites controversy among particle physicists

Scientists are beginning to dream of how a new generation of super-heavy-lift rockets might enable revolutionary space telescopes and bigger, bolder interplanetary missions

The surprisingly bright galaxy, called HD1, may contain some of the universe’s first stars, as well as a supermassive black hole

Revisiting a controversial claim, astronomers are laying bare deep uncertainties about our understanding of galactic centers

Researchers have sighted only a handful of these odd radio circles and are trying to pin down what causes them

In the next five years, the nation hopes to launch a robotic craft to an asteroid, two lunar missions and an orbital observatory

The latest effort to weigh the elusive particle produces a more precise estimate of its upper limit

The $25-million facility in Namibia will be the continent’s first millimeter-range astronomical observatory

Weighing in at seven times the mass of our sun, the dark object is by far the best-yet candidate for a free-floating stellar-mass black hole