We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability to map the universe in breathtaking detail. It is set ...

Dark energy is the mysterious force that drives the expansion of the universe, and scientists have acquired something interesting. They have captured the clearest picture of the expansion of the ...

The universe could undergo a catastrophe that would change absolutely everything, scientists have shown using a quantum machine. The groundbreaking simulation allowed scientists to better understand a ...

When you look up at the night sky, it appears unchanging. But if you look deep enough you will find that the sky is in fact ...

The world’s largest digital camera brings the night sky to life like never before. The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a major new scientific facility jointly funded by the US National Science ...

From a mountaintop in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is preparing to capture the most detailed, decade-long movie of the night sky ever attempted. With the world’s largest digital camera, the ...

New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s infancy — the earliest cosmic time yet accessible to humans. The researchers ...

Professor Manda Banerji receives funding from the Royal Society and the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Dr Philip Wiseman receives funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council ...