Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe—a vast network of galaxy clusters and superclusters containing an astonishing 200 quadrillion solar ...

The research suggests that the universe has become “messier and more complicated” over time, with a less clumpy distribution of matter.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers are trying to listen to the universe’s background hum — a cascade of ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

In 1927 Georges Lemaître proposed that the Universe began with an explosion called the Big Bang. Hubble’s research into the red shift of galaxy light showed that the Universe was expanding ...

This Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR ... This radiation is now used to 'map' the early Universe. The diagram below is a heat map showing that temperature was not evenly distributed.

Evidence supporting this theory includes the cosmic microwave background, a faint "echo" of the universe's early expansion that scientists can study in detail. While the Big Bang Theory is widely ...

In 2020 Nobel Laureate Sir Roger Penrose claimed that an earlier universe existed before the Big Bang and can still be observed today as a scar on the cosmic microwave background (CMB).