The origin of our Universe remains one of the greatest enigmas of science, a question that seems to defy the limits of our ...

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 ...

"I think it's natural to take a break and wonder whether we are fundamentally thinking about this in the wrong way." ...

For more than two decades, the standard model of cosmology has stood as a reliable guide to the universe. Known as Lambda ...

"Challenging long-held assumptions is essential to scientific progress." A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

UC Santa Cruz physicist Stefano Profumo has put forward two imaginative but scientifically grounded theories that may help solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics: the origin of dark matter. In ...