For centuries, humanity has pondered the ultimate fate of the universe. From theories of infinite expansion to the concept of ...

Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven by an ...

Astronomers have traced the hidden fingerprints of dark matter by observing rare, glowing galaxies that lived in the early universe. A group of scientists led by Rutgers University has found new ...

Since the early 20th century, scientists have gathered compelling evidence that the universe is expanding at an accelerating ...

Dark energy, which drives the accelerated expansion of the Universe, is assumed to be constant since the Universe began by ...

Primordial magnetic fields, billions of times weaker than a fridge magnet, may have left lasting imprints on the Universe.

How exactly did the universe start and how did these processes determine its formation and evolution? This is what a study published in Physical Review Research hopes to address as a team of ...

A surprising new study reveals that the first stars appeared in a pre-heated universe, challenging earlier ideas about early cosmic conditions.

The plot represents the new model with the x-axis and the y-axis showing the minimum sizes of collapsing and expanding regions that can impact cosmological measurements. The contours are independent ...

One of the first chemical reactions thought to have occurred in the universe has long posed a conundrum, as it seemed the ...

The universe may have been born out of nothing, with an "anti-universe" twin where time runs in the opposite direction—rather than exploding from an infinitely small and dense point, or "singularity." ...

On transmuting Boyle's law to Darwin's revolution / Stephen Jay Gould -- The evolution of cellular development / Lewis Wolpert -- The evolution of guns and germs / Jared Diamond -- The evolution of ...