Advanced artificial intelligence is to revolutionise fundamental physics and could open a window on to the fate of the ...

A study combining cosmic survey data hints at a subtle but intriguing deviation in how cosmic structures formed.

The Big Bang Theory may turn out to be one of the last blockbuster sitcoms of its kind, and it left behind one of the most unlikely pop culture icons as well — Sheldon Cooper. The antisocial genius ...

Dark energy is still a mystery, but powerful new telescopes are set to uncover clues. With NASA and ESA leading the charge, ...

In honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy and evolution of these slithery reptiles ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

New research from Mathew Madhavacheril and Ph.D. candidate Joshua Kim of the University of Pennsylvania and their collaborators has combined cosmological data from two major surveys of the universe’s ...

A "cosmic CT scan" performed by scientists using two very different cosmic surveys has revealed the cosmos is less clumpy and ...

Researchers studied how the universe’s structure changed over time. They found that the universe is less clumpy than expected ...

Across cosmic history, powerful forces have acted on matter, reshaping the universe into an increasingly complex web of ...

Many science fiction authors try to incorporate scientific principles into their work, but Ian Tregillis, who is a ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of what the universe looked like in the moments before it rapidly changed ...