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 ...

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 […] ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The universe expands...through what? Experts might have a suggestion. Expansion may be happening at a faster rate than ...

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