How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, ...

Now, more than 150 years later, a team of Japanese physicists are resurrecting the concept to solve one of cosmology’s ...

The new data seem to indicate that the cosmological constant is negative, and that the universe will end in a Big Crunch,” ...

In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

This controversial theory says the universe is subject to an ultimate, higher-order law that we can’t comprehend.

The story begins with the black hole information paradox. According to relativity, anything that falls into a black hole is ...

Japanese physicists have demonstrated for the first time that knotoid structures—stable knots—can naturally form within a ...

Modern multiverse fiction incorporates real physics equations and string theory principles rather than relying on pure ...

Most explanations rely on "dark energy" to explain the Universe's accelerating expansion rate, but a new study takes a different path.

Fusion is the next big energy frontier. Companies and nations alike are pouring money into researching it to find a way to ...

Brown University physics Prof. Stephon Alexander spoke on how the analysis of musical elements can help astrophysicists understand patterns of the universe in his lecture “The Jazz of Physics” ...

In many ways, Lina and Neriman's refugee journey from Iraq to Utah parallels that of a cosmic ray: covering great distances, ...