In a recent experiment, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN produced particles believed to have only existed in the ...

A new Big Bang model does away with speculative elements, putting gravitational waves at the forefront of the creation of galaxies, stars, and planets.

Our universe may have been born in a gravitational crunch that formed a very massive black hole—followed by a bounce inside it. The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a ...

New research suggests that if primordial black holes exist, there is a 90% chance our telescopes could detect one exploding ...

Astronomers have discovered what is claimed to be the oldest confirmed black hole in the universe, providing a glimpse into the early stages of cosmic history when the universe was only 3% of its ...

Asking what existed before the Big Bang is often dismissed as meaningless, since traditional physics breaks down when pushed ...

In his 1983 science fiction story, an Indian astrophysicist predicted what schools would look like in 2050. Jayant Narlikar envisioned a scene where an alien, living among humans, would sit in front ...

In the earliest moments after the universe was born, everything changed—fast. This rapid expansion, known as cosmic inflation, was theorized to solve problems in the Big Bang model. It explains why ...

Exploring an intersection that is not often discussed, Prof. Jonathan Lunine, physical sciences, discussed the life of Georges Lemaître, a physicist and Catholic priest who proposed the idea of the ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if our ...