Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves may be the key to solving the Hubble tension — one of the biggest nagging problems in physics.

These are the largest images of the universe ever taken. They come from the Euclid space telescope which is trying to create a 3D map of the universe. That map will help us understand how our universe ...

Images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope offer insight into what a much younger universe may have looked like. A cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, captured by the James Webb ...

Following in the wake of the original Golden Records, a new deep-space delivery hopes to introduce a ‘mostly harmless’ humanity to alien life ...

Champagne supernova: the Crab nebula in extraordinary detail, in an image created by combining visible light and other data from several telescopes, among them Hubble. Photograph: Space Telescope ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Spiral galaxy IC 342 (The "Hidden Galaxy") is difficult to see because it's located on the far side of the Milky Way Europe's Euclid telescope is ready to begin its quest to understand the greatest ...

The universe’s expansion appears to be slowing down, not speeding up as we thought, scientists have said. The expansion of the universe is already confusing and controversial, with researchers unclear ...

From the dawn of time, to the tech that shapes our tomorrows, space-based research at Portsmouth strives for giant leaps in human knowledge and capability. Our Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation ...

Scientists typically explain gravity in terms of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. In this model, objects in the universe cause the fabric of spacetime to warp around them, creating a ...