The largest-ever three-dimensional map of the cosmos, plotting out some 15 million celestial objects, could help reveal the ...

To do so, this telescope, called SPHEREx, will map the entire sky to see the universe in 102 colors of light. Astronomers hope to detect the icy cradles of stars and the faint glow of all the ...

The finest ever map of the cosmic microwave background - the faint evidence of the universe's early form - has yielded ...

NASA's SPHEREx observatory has started capturing its initial images, paving the way for a comprehensive study of millions of ...

Four full-sky surveys are planned over two years ... yielding the most colorful, inclusive map ever made of the cosmos. It's like "looking at the universe through a set of rainbow-colored glasses,” ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that the unknown ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument maps the night sky from the Nicholas U. Mayall 4 ...

This story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Juna Kollmeier wants to understand the substance of the universe: What forms space structures like galaxies, supermassive ...

A friend was previewing Epic Universe recently and sent a text that read “I really should have studied.” He knew details about the theme park and its rides but had not really absorbed its ...