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Major survey results now hint that dark energy has evolved across cosmic history, raising questions about the standard model ...

The three – Marc Handelman, Saurabh Jha and Miranda Lichtenstein – are among 198 fellows selected this year from a pool of ...

From a humble beginning in the quaint and tranquil community of Burlington to the edges of the solar system and beyond, Dr.

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Cosmic echoes from some of the universe's most violent collisions are far more nuanced than scientists had realized, ...

Astronomers have just revealed the largest collection of galaxy groups ever observed—thanks to the powerful eyes of the James ...

And it had traveled from somewhere far beyond our galaxy.

Astronomers have discovered a second long-sought production site of gold, uranium and other heavy elements — and answered a ...

Scientists have found evidence for a cosmic collision in the Perseus cluster, a group of thousands of galaxies not far from ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

During his time in microgravity, Pettit, an inveterate tinkerer, said he likes to spend his free time either doing ...