A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have instead ...

The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...

You remember Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory - the fellow with the bowl cut, astronaut ego, and clothes so loud they ...

Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the ...

A new cosmological theory is challenging the traditional Big Bang model by proposing that the universe originated from a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a surprising alignment in the spin directions of ancient galaxies, challenging ...

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New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest the cosmos may be much older than once believed. For ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is only three years into operations, yet it keeps slipping the cosmic rug out from under ...

Brian Schmidt explains dark energy’s role in accelerating universe expansion, 1998 discovery’s impact, and urges students to ...

Scientists believe that we could have black holes in our homes and not even realise it after studying the giant, destructive forces. Black holes are things that you wouldn’t want to get close to as ...