Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

Almost a thousand of the world’s top space scientists will visit Durham University next week (7 to 11 July) as we host the UK’s National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025. NAM is the flagship annual event ...

What we saw in the DESI experiments, and now strengthened by our South Pole Telescope observations, is that dark energy is ...

The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...

New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.

The Giant Magellan Telescope team explains how the observatory will help solve the mysteries of the cosmos including the search for life.

Dr Victoria Fawcett has been named as the winner of the 2025 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical ...

The universe seems to be spinning, and that could explain what dark energy is and why it's weakening while revealing our ...

A virtual “flight” through a portion of the largest 3D map of the universe to date, using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI).