The universe is undeniably vast, and from our perspective, it may seem like Earth is in the middle of everything. But is there a center of the cosmos, and if so, where is it? If the Big Bang started ...

For centuries, humans have looked to the stars and wondered about the universe’s vastness, shape, and structure. One question that has long persisted is the concept of the center of the universe. Is ...

Hope you brought good shoes. Sure, these calculations are ludicrously impractical. But they highlight just how immense the cosmos is—and how small we are by comparison. Walking may not be the fastest ...

The interactive online map, created using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, details some 800,000 galaxies across a vast cosmic distance. Scrolling and zooming in can take users some 13.5 ...

The Realm of the Galaxies is one of the richest galactic regions visible with a small telescope. Credit: Creators.com illustration It can seem quite challenging for stargazers to comprehend the ...

Sure, they're not your typical baby pictures. But a global team of researchers says new images published this week show some of the clearest visualizations yet of the universe in its infancy. If our ...

Scientists have unveiled the largest map of the universe ever created. Stretching across a tiny sliver of space and almost all cosmic time, it includes almost 800,000 galaxies imaged across the ...

This August, you can watch from a space rocket liftoff, coast over Saturn’s rings, and float through a sea of stars without leaving the island of Manhattan. For five days only, celestial images from ...

Transformative discoveries in cosmology are unfolding at Princeton as researchers explore the universe’s large-scale structure, including galaxies, dark matter, and dark energy. Professor of ...

Mountain View, CA– The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe is being established at the SETI Institute in Silicon Valley to sustain a long-term commitment for research into age-old ...

Scientists tell us how small and insignificant we are in the vastness of the universe. We go to and fro our little affairs on an insignificant little planet orbiting an insignificant little sun.

Many astronomers have wondered where the center of the universe is. If the Big Bang created the entire observable universe, then it stands to reason that the event had a point of origin. As it turns ...