In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

If scientists confirm an anisotropic expansion, it would challenge the assumption that the universe has no preferred directions.

Hubble’s high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to hone in on more of the Bullseye galaxy’s rings — and helped confirm ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

League expansion into Nashville could bring economic investment opportunities as the city continues to grow. "Women's basketball has always been interesting to me," said former Gov. Bill Haslam ...

The rate expansion of the universe The speed at which the universe is expanding is known as the Hubble constant, and it’s a key piece of the puzzle for understanding how the universe has changed ...

The Williams Companies, Inc. WMB recently announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has reinstated Transco’s certificate for the Regional Energy Access Expansion (REA).

Pitched against them are numerous campaign groups who oppose the expansion on environmental grounds, and for the damage it would do to neighbouring villages. In the latest twist, Chancellor Rachel ...

Where exactly are we with airport expansion? Older readers may recall that David Cameron, when prime minister, commissioned Sir Howard Davies to decide on how best to increase airport capacity.

In 1998, two astronomy teams used Hubble data to make the surprising discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up, leading to the proposal that a mysterious force dubbed dark energy ...