Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that ...

A new theory challenges the standard model of cosmology, arguing that dark matter and dark energy are not the forces behind cosmic expansion.

A dazzling galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is forcing cosmologists to reexamine key assumptions ...

In recent years, one of the most troubling puzzles in astrophysics has grown more urgent. Scientists have realized that the ...

Cosmic microwave background data support cosmology’s standard model but retain a mystery about the universe’s expansion rate.

A project to map galaxies across the universe may have spied cracks in the foundation of our understanding of the cosmos.

The finest ever map of the cosmic microwave background - the faint evidence of the universe's early form - has yielded ...

The images received from this telescope are known as the cosmic microwave background, and they provide an exceptionally clear ...

A new study of 263 galaxies has provided fresh evidence to support a theory that our universe is the interior of a black hole ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an ancient and faraway galaxy that provides evidence that an ...