A remarkable new study challenges the findings of Nobel Prize winning research into how our universe has changed over time.

There is physically, absolutely zero way that we will ever know how large the universe is,” says Sara Webb, an astrophysicist at Swinburne University of Technology. Yet what astronomers can measure is ...

Hubble’s updated view of NGC 3370, richer in light and detail than ever before, deepens our understanding of both the galaxy and the cosmos itself. This new Hubble Picture of the Week highlights a ...

The size of the universe depends on its shape, with possibilities ranging from finite and spherical to flat or even infinite.

The universe's expansion may actually have started to slow rather than accelerating at an ever-increasing rate as previously ...

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...