The Big Bang Theory explains how the universe began. The Big Bang Theory stands as the most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the universe. According to this theory, the universe began ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

The data from two different astronomical surveys has helped researchers build a “cosmic CT scan” of the evolution of the […] ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

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

Scientists at the PHENIX experiment at RHIC have uncovered compelling evidence that even collisions involving small nuclei ...

Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New ...

Young supernovas could have spread water out into the cosmos, causing planet formations earlier than originally thought.

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

Dava Sobel, the author of that fascinating book Longitude, quoted Galileo: “The Bible teaches us how to go to heaven, not how ...

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