More than 20 years ago, 'The Simpsons' offered a possible explanation for the shape of the universe thanks to a peculiar ...

Physicist Alan Guth, the father of cosmic inflation theory, describes emerging ideas about where our universe comes from, ...

If true, this theory could explain how all of the matter in our universe was created.

We live in a golden age for learning about the universe. Our most powerful telescopes have revealed that the cosmos is ...

A theory to end theories For the first time in the history of physics we therefore have a framework with the capacity to explain every fundamental feature upon which the universe is constructed.

The universe is growing, as it always has been. Not only is it growing, but the rate at which it expands continues to speed ...

String theorists are betting that extra dimensions do indeed exist; in fact, the equations that describe superstring theory require a universe with no fewer than 10 dimensions. But even physicists ...

This theory aligns well with observations of the cosmos such as the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the ages of the oldest stars.

These include rethinking the nature of dark energy (the force causing the universe's expansion to accelerate), invoking a new force of nature or even tweaking Einstein's theory of gravity on the ...

Dark energy forms the backbone of the idea of the “cosmological constant”—first conceived by Albert Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity to refute the conception that the universe ...

These include rethinking the nature of dark energy (the force causing the universe’s expansion to accelerate), invoking a new force of nature or even tweaking Einstein’s theory of gravity on the ...

The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope aims to create the largest 3D map of the universe in the next six years. The ...