Cosmology

The science of the origin, evolution, and large-scale structure of the universe.

Articles about Cosmology

Space
Cloud 9: A Failed Galaxy Revealed

Cloud 9: A Failed Galaxy Revealed
Using Hubble and radio telescopes, astronomers have confirmed a starless, gas-rich dark-matter cloud — nicknamed Cloud‑9 — that matches long-standing theoretical predictions of a …
Science
2025: Space, Stones and Conscious Minds

2025: Space, Stones and Conscious Minds
A wide-angle review of 2025’s defining science stories — from Webb’s puzzling ‘little red dots’ and DESI’s hints that dark energy may be changing, to a wave of archaeological find…
Physics
Pi in Nature: Ramanujan's Surprise

Pi in Nature: Ramanujan's Surprise
A team at the Indian Institute of Science reports in Physical Review Letters (22 December 2025) that formulas Srinivasa Ramanujan discovered more than a century ago reappear insid…
Space
SPHEREx Maps Sky in 102 Infrared Colors

SPHEREx Maps Sky in 102 Infrared Colors
NASA's SPHEREx mission has completed a full-sky survey in 102 infrared bands, producing a multilayered cosmic atlas that scientists say can turn a flat star chart into a 3D map of…
Space
Cosmic Knots: A New Origin Story

Cosmic Knots: A New Origin Story
A new Physical Review Letters paper proposes stable 'cosmic knots' formed after the Big Bang could have produced heavy neutrinos that tipped the balance toward matter; the idea ma…