Scientists have been using complicated, hypothetical particles to explain the Big Bang, but this theory posits that a simpler ...

After a century of observations spanning the breadth of the cosmos and theoretical insights that push humanity's vision of ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if our ...

Pulsars could be helping scientists distinguish between gravitational waves caused by supermassive black hole collisions and ...

The early universe was already warm before reionization, revealing that the first stars did not flicker on in an icy cosmos.

A new study by physicists predicts that the universe could one day collapse in a reverse Big Bang, offering fresh insight into how it might all end.

Modern cosmology reveals a universe expanding uniformly without a spatial center or edge. The Big Bang wasn't a localized explosion but a simultaneous ...

Astronomers from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy have identified a new category of events that they found to be much more powerful than gamma-ray bursts, called extreme nuclear ...

A research team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma ...

Emma Chapman reviews Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper Before the bang That the universe evolved from a "hot Big Bang" is not in question, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope found a surprisingly large galaxy, nicknamed "The Big Wheel," in the early universe. This galaxy formed much faster than current theories predict, challenging our ...

If recent discoveries that dark energy is evolving hold any water, our Universe will collapse under its own gravity on a ...