Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of what the universe looked like in the moments before it rapidly changed ...

Long before telescopes and space travel, ancient civilizations had incredibly creative ideas about what the universe looked like and how it worked. These beliefs shaped culture, religion, and even ...

On January 22, 2025, physicists unveiled a groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionize our understanding of the universe and potentially unlock the secrets of time travel. The existence of ...

A new study published this month has issued an urgent call for future endeavors in space exploration to take nuclear space travel seriously. Similar to a previous study which called for scientists to ...

"We already see indications of cracks in the standard model." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Are we living in a simulation? Well ...

A surprising new paper suggests that the universe's expected lifespan is just 33 billion years, and that the cosmos will start dying in less than a third of that time. However, this is only one ...