The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about ...

Elena Tomasetti of the University of Bologna discusses her team's calculation of the estimated age of the universe in an exclusive interview with Starlust.

Astronomers studying the Milky Way's oldest stars have estimated that the Universe is about 13.6 billion years old.

Researchers from the University of Bologna and the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) along with other institutes have proposed a new way to address the Hubble tension by comparing ...

Instead of focusing on how fast the universe is expanding, they looked at the ages of some of the oldest stars in our galaxy.

Using gravitational waves as a measure of the universe's rate of expansion could solve the biggest headache in physics, the ...

A subtle gravitational-wave “hum” from merging black holes may help settle the cosmic fight over how fast the universe is ...

In 1990, a new eye into the cosmos launched from Kennedy Space Center. Hubble, a revolutionary new telescope, would soon bring a level of clarity and wonder to scientists and citizens alike. Hovering ...