Does the universe have an edge?

From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe

Imagine you’re in a woodland, with sunlight filtering through the endless green canopy overhead. There’s uniqueness everywhere. Some trees grow bolt upright, but others are wizened and twisted. Here t

The nature of time is one of the most profound and longstanding problems in physics – one that no one can agree on. From our perspective, time seems to steadily progress forward with each tick of the

A look at some of the thousands of astronomical objects visible in Hubble’s historic photograph

Astronomers love a challenge. They place their observatories on the highest mountains, in the driest deserts, on the coldest ice shelves, beneath the deepest oceans, in orbit around Earth and the Sun,

Did you know? The nearest black hole is ...