A study based on 47 million galaxies found that the cosmic web retains patterns on enormous scales, which could force a ...

An artist's impression of the size and location of the Big Ring (blue) and Giant Arc (red) in the sky. (University of Central ...

Earlier this year, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) completed observations that mapped 47 million galaxies across 11 billion light-years, allowing astronomers to better evaluate the ...

One of the most basic and accepted truths about the universe is that it’s pretty much the same everywhere you look. No ...

As the universe evolves, scientists expect large cosmic structures to grow at a certain rate: dense regions such as galaxy clusters would grow denser, while the void of space would grow emptier. But ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not likely. In practical terms? Definitely not. Extremely large objects can ...

If you thought the cosmic web was tangled enough, think again. A team of astrophysicists recently used gamma-ray bursts—those spectacular, enigmatic explosions of energy from the farthest reaches of ...

ESO-VLT and ESA XMM-Newton together discover earliest massive cluster of galaxies known Combining observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory, astronomers have ...

For years, scientists have worked to chart the universe's massive structure, aiming to test key models of cosmology. These efforts also help uncover how galaxies form and change over time. While most ...

A powerful new survey has dramatically expanded humanity’s view of the cosmos by identifying more than 7,000 confirmed galaxy ...