Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is perhaps best known for his podcast “Star Talk,” where he discusses covers ...

Edwin Hubble redefined the universe and Brazil declared a republic, amid other landmark events shaping history and science ...

On Nov. 20, 1889, Edwin Hubble was born in Marshfield, Missouri. His 1923 observations of the Andromeda Galaxy and a Cepheid ...

An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be ...

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...

Let's rewind the clock back…oh, I don't know, let's say a hundred years. It was 1917, and Einstein had just developed his ...

Where is the center of the universe? Learn why researchers say the rules may not apply to the center of the universe.

Last time I wrote about new data that overturns the standard cosmological model. Before anyone starts dusting off their fringe cosmological models, we should note what this new study doesn't overturn.

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply related to one another. The forces are linked by so-called dualities: the ...

Despite the stormy skies and widespread cancellations across Pasadena, families flocked to the Pasadena Convention Center for ...