Could reality be made of more dimensions than those we perceive? The question has consumed some of the most brilliant physics ...

The standard interpretation of a null state, or empty state, posits it as devoid of structure. This paper introduces a ...

Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a lot we don't know, according to Ulf Danielsson ...

Scientists have discovered that dark matter, the universe's most mysterious "stuff," obeys gravity on vast cosmological scales. This could help to dismiss the possibility of a fifth fundamental force ...

Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion particles, may better fit the universe’s ...

Dark matter shapes galaxies string theory offers a hidden framework and evolution explains life all part of one unfolding ...

Whenever someone talks about black holes, they almost always talk about the event horizon and the singularity. After all, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how galaxies formed in the early universe.

In a new, detailed breakdown of current theory, a team of physicists led by Mir Faizal of the University of British Columbia ...

Japanese physicists have revived Kelvin’s old idea of cosmic knots, showing how these tangled fields might explain why matter ...

Such an exponential expansion may seem minor, but it is equivalent to a grape in the palm of your hand swelling to become ...