Just as ocean waves shape our shores, ripples in space-time may have once set the Universe on an evolutionary path that led to the cosmos as we see it today. A new theory suggests gravitational waves ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe could be explained by modifying general relativity so that gravity has mass – or so thinks a small group of physicists. Matthew Francis reports What lies ...

Scientists successfully borrow concepts from string theory to explain the network architecture of branching biological systems like neurons ...

In this video, we delve into the Big Bang Theory, which explains the origin and expansion of the universe. This theory ...

According to the Big Bang theory, normal matter composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons should account for roughly 5% of the universe's total contents. Yet astronomers have struggled to locate ...

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. When you purchase ...

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For various, typically historical reasons, even the best physicists claim things that sound egregious to modern observers. That doesn’t necessarily mean these ideas are completely useless—if anything, ...