The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic microwave background, it is imperceptible to the human eye. But if scientists can ...

Better insights on the mysterious cosmic microwave background have arrived, and possibly more are on the way, according to scientists. The cosmic microwave background is deemed the earliest light in ...

When your workplace is the South Pole, things can get a little unusual. Light emitted billions of years ago could help solve enduring mysteries about the evolution of the universe. It turns out the ...

Scientists aimed the South Pole Telescope at Jupiter on the evening of Feb. 16 and successfully collected the instrument's first test observations. Soon, far more distant quarry will fall under the ...

Scientists aimed the South Pole Telescope at Jupiter on the evening of Feb. 16 and successfully collected the instrument’s first test observations. Soon, far more distant quarry will fall under the ...

On October 7, police escorted a wooden crate two lanes wide through the streets of the South Side, arriving at the new High Bay Research Building on East 56th Street and South Maryland Avenue. Inside ...

The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic microwave background, it is imperceptible to the human eye. But if scientists can ...