We take it for granted that"the universe exists outside of ourselves, and we are observing it"is how things are.And when multiple people look at the same star,"everyone is looking at the same universe ...

Starting today, the Earth will be passing through a meteor shower. But in astronomy, the human eye is very much a limited tool. But increasingly powerful instruments are allowing us to peer ever ...

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration recently began a new observing run that promises to take gravitational-wave astronomy to the next level. According to scientists from across the ...

Are you interested in astronomy? Find a time to deepen your knowledge and observe the night sky this summer! The stars, planets, and all the things “out there” are sometimes difficult to see with the ...

When the SpIRIT CubeSat rode into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in December 2023, it carried a very massive passenger along. Cramped inside the shoebox-sized satellite is the HERMES detector, an ...

Scientists have for the first time observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion, unlocking one of the mysteries of Einstein's expanding universe. The research is published in Nature ...

After nine years of scanning the sky, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) space mission has concluded its observations of the cosmic microwave background, the oldest light in the universe.

How do you correctly use the anthropic principle? The moment you started observing reality, you hopelessly polluted any conclusions you might make about it. The anthropic principle guarantees that you ...