Dark-energy evidence suggests the universe will end in a “big crunch” roughly 20 billion years from now. The universe is nearing the halfway point of what may be a 33-billion-year lifespan, according ...

So much happened in the earliest moments of the universe. Elementary particles appeared, the first nuclei of hydrogen and ...

According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density – given that the universe contains a lot of relatively empty space, could ...

Such an exponential expansion may seem minor, but it is equivalent to a grape in the palm of your hand swelling to become ...

If recent discoveries that dark energy is evolving hold any water, our Universe will collapse under its own gravity on a ...

Researchers have moved one step closer to solving one of science’s greatest mysteries—why the universe is filled with matter instead of nothing. Scientists at Indiana University have made a major ...

Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation ...

“If the universe were simulated, then its rules would have to be ... “It gives it a new direction. It suggests that nature is ...

JWST observations show that early galaxies were chaotic, gas-filled systems rather than stable disks. Researchers from ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...