Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

Is there a scientific reason why the universe exists? In other words, what is the science of why there is anything at all, instead of only nothing? The answer has to do with opposites. Scientists have ...

The universe is a strange place on very small scales. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What makes up the matter we perceive in the ...

“The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility,” explains James Adam, astrophysicist at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, and lead author of ...

A new theory claims dark matter and dark energy don’t exist — they’re just side effects of the universe’s changing forces. By rethinking gravity and cosmic timelines, it could rewrite our ...

Scientists have taken a look at one of the most profound questions imaginable, pondering why life in the universe exists at all, and come back scratching their heads… Essentially, there is a ...

Knotted structures once imagined by Lord Kelvin may actually have shaped the universe’s earliest moments, according to new research showing how two powerful symmetries could have created stable ...

The universe is permeated by a field known as the Higgs field, which gives everything its mass. But the Higgs field isn’t entirely stable, and if it were to “bubble,” it would change reality to such a ...