The largest survey of our universe ever conducted suggests that it closely matches the model most favored by cosmologists. It ...

A new study explores this tantalizing idea. The idea of aliens hiding in a parallel universe — though seemingly absurd — is ...

It all started with a Big Bang – and now scientists are on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the birth of the universe.

The mathematics Albert Einstein devised to describe the gravitational workings of the physical Universe in the early 20th ...

The origins of life in the universe have been a topic of scientific inquiry for centuries. Despite significant progress in ...

If another gravity theory is correct, "then the broader implications are enormous," astrophysicist Stacy McGaugh told ...

Physicists have long grappled with the question of why the universe was able to support the evolution of intelligent life.

Scientists test the famous physicist’s predictions by calculating the distortion of time and space. Why is the expansion of ...

Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they ...

Researchers used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to map how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history. Their observations line up with what Einstein's theory ...

which makes the field a legitimate scientific discipline in the first place. It seems this new theory of the universe still ...

Gravity has shaped our cosmos. Its attractive influence turned tiny differences in the amount of matter present in the early ...