As the universe expands, it feels like it must be spreading out from some initial point. But a physicist explains why that’s ...

The team explores one of the greatest discoveries of modern astronomy - that our universe is expanding - and the new questions it raises about how the cosmos works. The team explores one of the ...

The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends. Is there a scientific reason why the universe exists?

The Shape of Wonder humanizes scientists by demystifying the scientific process and showing the personal side of researchers.

About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Published in 1915, and already widely accepted worldwide by ...

Here’s a mind-blowing thought: what if our entire universe is actually inside a black hole? Some scientists think it’s ...

New research suggests that there is a 90% chance that within the next decade, humanity could use a space or Earth-based ...

Seconds after the Big Bang, the newborn universe gave rise to the first elements—ionized forms of hydrogen and helium. These particles combined, forging helium hydride—the first ever molecule. It ...

(Main image) Theoretical illustration of a 'black hole star' (Illustration) JWST (Image credit: T. Müller/A. de Graaff/Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) ...

A University of Colorado Denver engineer is on the cusp of giving scientists a new tool that can help them turn sci-fi into reality. Imagine a safe gamma ray laser that could eradicate cancer cells ...

The brain trying to find out how itself works is perhaps the greatest mind-bending fact within the walls of the known ...