A controversial new theory about how the universe began rejects the widely-held belief that it started with a giant cosmic eruption known as the Big Bang. One scientist suggests that the cosmos grew ...

Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the driving force behind creation. Their simulations show that gravity and ...

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

1. Proximate -- Separated at birth -- Planetary zoo -- Distant worlds -- Stellar nursery -- The edge of darkness -- 2. Remote -- Island universe -- Cosmic ...

Researchers suggest gravitational waves, not cosmic inflation, may have driven the universe’s formation. This model links ...