Galaxy NGC 6822, neighbouring the Milky Way galaxy, being studied to learn more about stars and dust in the early universe. Credit: NASA/James Webb Space Telescope Galaxy NGC 6822, neighbouring the ...

Astronomers have proposed a new theory to suggest why our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. That our universe is expanding is in wide agreement, though how exactly that process happens is ...

A new study casts doubt on the universe’s accelerating expansion, suggesting dark energy might be weakening over time.

Albert Einstein stands next to Catholic priest Georges Lemaître in a black and white photo from 1900 In 1915, Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, which originally stated that ...

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of ...

Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole ...

The cosmological constant, which explains how and why the universe is expanding, has been previously described by astrophysicists as “the worst prediction in the history of physics” due to its ...

There are gazillions of different possible universes that can be described and understood using the tools provided by string theory ...

Scientists for the first time have discovered the early universe was moving in extreme slow motion, backing up Albert Einstein’s expanding universe theory. (Nature Astronomy via Courthouse News) (CN) ...

Aug. 29 (UPI) --Early universe observations by the James Webb Space Telescope cannot be explained by current cosmological models. These models estimate the universe to be 13.8 billion years in age, ...