Universe is a monthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by MDPI covering several aspects of physics and astronomy and astrophysics.

The editor-in-chief is Lorenzo Iorio since its inception.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus.

[2] Since 2020, the journal confers the Universe Young Investigator Award to a young researcher in recognition of their excellence in fields related to fundamental principles and discovered in the universe.

The first awardee (2020) was Lavinia Heisenberg (ETH Zürich, Switzerland).