The Simons Observatory is one of the most ambitious cosmic observatories on Earth, dedicated to studying the cosmic microwave ...

Within modern astrophysics, dark matter is considered a critical component influencing the formation and structure of the ...

This term has been used quite generically in Campaign 4, but what’s most interesting is that it also refers to individuals ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have captured the most detailed look yet at how galaxies formed just ...

Most explanations rely on "dark energy" to explain the Universe's accelerating expansion rate, but a new study takes a different path.

UChicago-led study analyzes massive galaxy clusters mapped by the Dark Energy Survey, offers new way to probe cosmic laws ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...

The implications stretch beyond Betelgeuse. Binary star pairs are typically thought to have similar masses, but Betelgeuse is ...

The nature of dark matter remains one of the greatest mysteries in cosmology. Within the standard framework of ...

A new paper presents a method for distinguishing between different sources of nanohertz gravitational waves. Pulsars may be revealing faint ripples in the fabric of the universe, ultra–low-frequency ...

Since 1991, UChicago’s Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics has connected students from Chicago Public Schools with world ...

Researchers analyzing pulsar data have found tantalizing hints of ultra-slow gravitational waves. A team from Hirosaki ...