The first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe has been detected in space for the first time, after decades of searching. Scientists discovered its signature in our own galaxy using the ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe. A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today ...

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A new study has looked into the so-called "red sky paradox" and the puzzling observation that intelligent life has sprung up ...

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The fabric of expanding space as illustrated over cosmic time. One of the consequences of the expansion is that the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it appears to recede from us, and that the ...

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Along with Schrödinger’s Cat, the Infinite Monkeys Theorem is one of the most famous thought experiments. A new study, with tongue firmly in cheek, has calculated that you might be waiting seven ...