A new study suggests that the cosmic web could have formed without relying on inflation driven by a scalar field. Instead, it ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, first proposed by Albert Einstein 110 ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the existence of mirror asymmetries in our universe by studying the handedness of the ...

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious pulses of energy that can last from a fraction of a millisecond to about three ...

The size and spin of black holes can reveal important information about how and where they formed, according to new research.

Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an experiment once believed impossible at the high energies ...

Recently, a research team from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly proposed a novel  gravitational wave ...

Using the largest gravitational wave detector ever made, we have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. This background rumble is likely caused by ...

Recent discoveries by the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that supermassive black holes were present much earlier than ...

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Neutron stars, the dense remains of massive stars that have exploded in supernovae, are some of the most fascinating objects ...