Spiral galaxies don’t rotate like solid disks — if they did, their arms would wind themselves into tight spirals and disappear. Instead, stars pass through vast density waves while mysterious dark ...

Physicists and astronomers have long believed that the universe has mirror symmetry, like a basketball. But recent findings from the University of Michigan suggest that the shape of the Big Bang might ...

Visual acuity improves after watching a rotating spiral pattern. Credit: C&EN / Shutterstock / Psychol. Sci. Staring at a rotating spiral pattern produces a hypnotic effect; the pattern seems to ...

(Space.com) Astronomers have discovered the universe's most ancient spiral galaxy yet, a cosmic structure that dates back roughly 10.7 billion years, a new study reveals. The galactic find, discovered ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say the shape of the Big Bang might have been more complicated than previously thought and that the early universe spun on an axis. Physicists and ...