Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

Dark matter remains one of the most compelling enigmas in modern cosmology. Although it does not emit light, its gravitational influence is essential for the formation and evolution of cosmic ...

Observations of the thermal energy in a baby galaxy cluster 12.4 billion light years away suggest much more energetic early ...

For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with ...

Astroparticle physics and particle cosmology represent converging disciplines that strive to understand the universe from its largest structures down to its most fundamental constituents. In this ...

A former Harvard physicist is drawing global attention with a claim that sounds more like theology than astrophysics: he says ...

Edwin Hubble's discovery of an expanding universe, when coupled with a quest to locate the 'center of mass' of the universe leads to shocking revelations. The most important discovery about the ...

Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...

A Simon Fraser University cosmologist believes his team's new research may bring them a step closer to cracking one of ...