Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe, has died.

Looking Up is transcribed using a combination of AI speech recognition and human editors. It may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting in print. Dean Regas: Astronomers ...

For millions of humans, death is seen as a final, inescapable moment, when our conscious selves cease to function. But for others, it is the start of a new life in a new realm – the point where our ...

On 1 January 1925, US astronomer Henry Norris Russell made a startling announcement to the American Astronomical Society in Washington DC: observations by fellow astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that ...

Mon., June 23, 2025 A composite image of the supernova 1E0102.2-7219 contains X-rays from Chandra (blue and purple), visible light data from VLT’s MUSE instrument (bright red), and additional data ...

They reckon a mysterious ripple picked up by waved detectors on Earth could have arrived from another universe via a ...