Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not likely. In practical terms? Definitely not. Extremely large objects can ...

these objects represented some of the earliest light ever glimpsed by humanity—originating from between 600 million and 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. There was just one problem ...

Over the past decade, cosmology has been embroiled in a growing ... microwave static produced just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. As Cepheids get brighter, they pulsate more slowly, enabling ...

Measurements of the distance to the Coma Cluster of galaxies find that it is millions of light years closer than the standard model predicts.

"This is how you solve the universe-breaking problem." ...