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

Out of the limelight, theoretical physicists continue to seek a mathematical model that can explain the universe's particles ...

In an underground lab in a mountainous region of Italy that contains the coldest temperatures known to exist in the universe, ...

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

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

Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity has been proven correct, according to data collected by the Dark Energy ...

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

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

Seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe exhibited an astonishing simplicity. Observations reveal a spatially flat, radiation ...

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