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Astronomers find bizarre 'Cosmic Grapes' galaxy in the early universe. Here's why that's a big deal (photo)A distant galaxy nicknamed "Cosmic Grapes" is bursting with massive star-forming clumps — far more than expected — offering fresh clues about how galaxies grew in the early universe.
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The universe may start dying in just 10 billion years, alarming new model predictsA surprising new paper suggests that the universe's expected lifespan is just 33 billion years, and that the cosmos will start dying in less than a third of that time. However, this is only one possible theory.
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100 undiscovered galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, supercomputer simulations hintOur Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.
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![A family portrait of galaxies from the CRISTAL survey. Red shows cold gas traced by ALMA’s [CII] observations. Blue and green represent starlight captured by the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eVukmgPN8vVBokz2SrUwMV-230-80.png)
'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxiesUsing the ALMA telescope, astronomers have revealed the internal structure of the first galaxies in the universe, hinting at how our cosmos took shape.
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Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claimAstronomers claim to have found new evidence supporting a controversial observation that our galaxy is residing in an unusually sparse region in space. If it's correct, it could rewrite cosmology.
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Giant radio telescope in the Nevada desert could reveal hidden corners of the cosmos — and brand-new physicsScientists say that the construction of a vast new radio telescope array in the Nevada desert — known as the Deep Synoptic Array 2000 — could uncover some of the biggest outstanding mysteries in astronomy.
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Did light exist at the beginning of the universe?Was it dark after the Big Bang, or did light shine immediately?
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James Webb telescope unveils largest-ever map of the universeThe largest map of the universe, created with data from the James Webb Space Telescope, shows almost 800,000 galaxies crammed into a tiny piece of sky and spanning almost all of time.
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What if the Big Bang wasn't the beginning? New research suggests it may have taken place inside a black holeWas the Big Bang really the beginning of the universe, or are we 'bouncing' between periods of expansion and contraction? A new theory makes testable predictions.
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![A family portrait of galaxies from the CRISTAL survey. Red shows cold gas traced by ALMA’s [CII] observations. Blue and green represent starlight captured by the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eVukmgPN8vVBokz2SrUwMV-800-80.png.webp)
