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Giant 'bubbletrons' shaped the forces of the universe moments after the Big Bang, new study suggestsMeet the 'bubbletrons' — theoretical particle accelerators that may have helped build the universe as we know it.
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James Webb telescope discovers the oldest active black hole in the known universeAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a feeding supermassive black hole from when the universe was less than 600 million years old.
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5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang, the theory that defines the history of the universeFrom the Catholic priest who pioneered it, to how we can (almost) see it, here are 5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds the faintest galaxy ever detected at the dawn of the universeThe James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the faintest galaxy ever seen, burning away the pitch-black gloom of the early universe 13 billion years ago.
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There may have been a second Big Bang, new research suggestsWithin a month of the Big Bang, a second cosmic explosion may have given the universe its invisible dark matter, new research suggests.
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The universe might be shaped like a doughnut, not like a pancake, new research suggestsThe universe may be flat, but could still be shaped like a doughnut, weird patterns in leftover light from the Big Bang suggest.
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Dark energy could lead to a second (and third, and fourth) Big Bang, new research suggestsScientists have proposed a way that the universe could stop expanding, ending in a 'Big Crunch' that resets space and time as we know it.
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James Webb Telescope spots galaxies from the dawn of time that are so massive they 'shouldn't exist'The James Webb Space Telescope spotted six gigantic galaxies, each roughly the size of our own Milky Way, that formed at a bafflingly fast pace — taking shape just 500 million years after the Big Bang.
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The early universe was crammed with stars 10,000 times the size of our sun, new study suggestsWhen the universe's first stars emerged from the cosmic dark ages, they ballooned to 10,000 times the mass of Earth's sun, new research suggests.
