Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...

Japanese astronomers have discovered an extraordinary supermassive black hole in the early universe that ...

Before telescopes, ancient Greek astronomers relied on naked-eye observations of the night sky to understand the universe ...

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A team of researchers studying the uncertainties associated with a phenomenon known as cosmic birefringence has developed a method to reduce uncertainties in its observational measurements, according ...

Observations of the thermal energy in a baby galaxy cluster 12.4 billion light years away suggest much more energetic early ...

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Scientists have long relied on tree rings to learn about ancient solar storms—rare bursts of high-energy particles from the ...

Modern physics explains much of how the universe works, from atoms to galaxies. Yet some problems remain stubbornly ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean.

Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at ...