Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests Images from the Webb telescope suggest that newborn galaxies look weirder than expected. Exactly how screwy was physics at the dawn of time?
Particle Physicists Offer a Road Map For the Next Decade A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions.
Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began A half-century ago, a radio telescope in Holmdel, N.J., sent two astronomers 13.8 billion years back in time — and opened a cosmic window that scientists have been peering through ever since.
How to Watch SpaceX Launch the Euclid Mission to Study the Dark Universe The European Space Agency mission will record images of billions of galaxies to create a cosmic map spanning space and time.
As the Large Hadron Collider Revs Up, Physicists’ Hopes Soar The particle collider at CERN will soon restart. “There could be a revolution coming,” scientists say.