The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the universe's oldest light, leftover thermal radiation from about 380,000 years ...

Among the nearly 4 billion objects in the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys’ map is Messier 96 (NGC 3368), a majestic spiral galaxy nestled in the constellation Leo approximately 35 million light-years from ...

The map covers 75% of the sky, and you can explore all sorts of cool celestial objects once you know where to look.

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NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, equipped with a 300-megapixel camera sighted through a refurbished spy mirror, launched Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission ...

A major new analysis challenges recent claims that the universe's expansion is slowing, finding that the evidence for cosmic acceleration remains strong. The findings preserve the leading role of dark ...

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The Webb space telescope has helped astronomers peer into the distant cosmos, revealing a population of galaxies that had grown into their massive size within a mere 500 million years after the Big ...

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DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, assisted by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, produced the world’s largest 2D color map of the universe. The map contains almost 4 billion celestial ...

This group of galaxies is nicknamed the Copeland Septet. It is one very small piece of the new DESI Legacy Imaging Survey, the largest 2D map of the Universe ever created. | Credits: DESI Legacy ...