When discussing the scale of the universe, we’re immediately faced with an intriguing question: are we tiny beings, or is the ...

No one knows what kicked off the Big Bang that eventually allowed the stars to begin forming. Adolf Schaller for STScI, CC BY How can a Big Bang have been the start of the universe, since intense ...

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

According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density ...

Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of ...

“The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” - Carl Sagan Compared to the Sun, how big is the Earth? What is a scale model and how does it help ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

"For the last 20 years, people believed that the cosmological constant is positive, and the universe will expand forever," Tye says. "The new data seem to indicate that the cosmological constant is ...

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighboring regions of the universe, astronomers say. Their theory is a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Our vast universe might not be infinitely expanding after all. Some ...

"This gives us a new way to rule out certain black hole scenarios for dark matter." New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in ...