Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

History is often taught as if astronomy followed a single European arc—from Greek philosophy to Renaissance telescopes to modern science—while Africa appears absent or myth-bound. This series, “When ...

Discover why astronomy and cosmology are the universe's mapmakers. Discover how scientists trace galaxies, the cosmic web, and the large-scale architecture of our entire existence in three dimensions ...

WUWM astronomy contributor Jean Creighton discusses cosmology ahead of "Birth of the Universe" at UWM's Manfred Olson ...

A Simon Fraser University cosmologist believes his team's new research may bring them a step closer to cracking one of ...

Everybody enjoys a good mystery. And boy, right now there’s a doozie of a mystery in cosmology. Cosmology is the “big picture” of astronomy. Cosmology attempts to understand the creation on the ...

Early 20th-century cosmology transitioned from galactic astronomy with Edwin Hubble's discovery of external galaxies and the universe's expansion, which Albert Einstein's general relativity later ...

Originally published in England under the title The Fontana history of astronomy and cosmology. Statement of responsibility from jacket. Prehistory -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- The Greek and ...

The study of symmetries in black hole spacetimes has emerged as a cornerstone for comprehending the underlying dynamics of these enigmatic compact objects. By identifying both explicit and hidden ...

Two Johns Hopkins University research scientists who use the Japanese art of paper folding, known as origami, as a metaphor for understanding the complexity of the cosmos have been named winners of an ...

Early 20th-century cosmology transitioned from galactic astronomy with Edwin Hubble's discovery of external galaxies and the universe's expansion, which Albert Einstein's general relativity later ...