EVE Frontier' developers Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson talk galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin line between science and fun.

Tiny red objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are offering scientists new insights into the origins of galaxies in the universe—and may represent an entirely new class of celestial object: a black hole swallowing massive amounts of matter and spitting out light.

The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends. Is there a scientific reason why the universe exists? In other words, what is the science of why there is anything at all, instead of only nothing?

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the width of the sun. If it were placed in our solar system, it would stretch to nearly the orbit of Saturn. But how can such a beast exist? The answer, as always, is physics.

In 1925, Edwin Hubble's observation of Cepheid variables in the Andromeda galaxy revolutionized astronomy, proving the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky Way. This discovery, aided by telescopes like the Hooker and Hubble,

An impossibly bright galaxy is forcing scientists to rewrite the rules of the Big Bang’s aftermath. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Scientists have found a remarkably small yet bright object from the early universe that doesn’t make sense in our existing models of how stars and galaxies formed, even our own Milky Way.

To estimate distances, the team analyzed the objects' brightnesses across multiple wavelengths to infer redshift, age and mass. JWST's powerful Near-Infrared Camera and Mid-Infrared Instrument are designed to detect light from the farthest reaches of space, making them ideal for studying the early universe.

Scientists say fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe—not particles and waves.

Essential books to help give children a better understanding of the universe, from space exploration to dancing dogs.