Students and faculty at BYU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy understand the value of the stars, and they dedicate their ...

The discovery led to the realization that the universe is expanding, and that it must have had a beginning: the Big Bang. “Hubble is known as a titan in astronomy, especially American astronomy,” says ...

Particular stars called Cepheid variables allow astronomers to determine distance, and Hubble spotted one of these within M31 ...

This important discovery—known as Hubble’s law—supported the Big Bang theory of an expanding universe. In 1949, Hubble launched a project at California’s Palomar Observatory to complete the first ...

‘The first picture of a black hole’ If you want a scientific discovery to make you famous, you need two things to happen. First, said discovery has to be important enough to change ...

NASA scientists found evidence of darkness on the 'leading side' of Uranus' moons, which they expected to be bright.

Even a century after Edward Hubble confirmed its existence, astronomers learn new details about the Andromeda galaxy that help us better understand our cosmic neighborhood and the wider universe.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes that while AI is already advancing scientific discoveries, the real breakthroughs will come when quantum computing is combined with AI and high-performance ...