Astronomers have found a marginal excess of fast radio bursts toward massive galaxy clusters. The finding points to two ...

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a faint glow in the universe dating back to roughly 380,000 years after the Big Bang ...

Galaxies and clusters are the ensembles of stars and other astronomical objects bound together by gravitational forces. Galaxies are ordered into galaxy groups, which are in turn organised into ...

Indian astronomers have discovered that UBC 63, once thought to be a single star cluster, is actually two distinct clusters, ...

The universe is more than a smattering of distant stars—it’s also chock-full of other worlds. But if the universe is so crowded, where is the alien life? While there are many theories addressing this ...

An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), has ...

The history of how stars and galaxies came to be and evolved into the present day remains among the most challenging astrophysical questions to solve yet, but new research brings us closer to ...

Regional specializations have always existed in China. Tailors from the city of Cixi, for instance, controlled clothing manufacturing in Beijing for some 250 years. Now China has taken the idea to a ...