The end of the universe is tied to dark energy, astronomers claim, and one day the universe could implode on itself.

The Big Bang theory has been the standard explanation of the universe's origin for decades. But one group now claims everything we think about the birth of the cosmos might be wrong.

How exactly did the universe start and how did these processes determine its formation and evolution? This is what a study ...

As the universe expands, it feels like it must be spreading out from some initial point. But a physicist explains why that’s not how it works. Hint: space-time is involved.

The Shape of Wonder humanizes scientists by demystifying the scientific process and showing the personal side of researchers.

The team explores one of the greatest discoveries of modern astronomy - that our universe is expanding - and the new ...

That cosmologists cannot agree on one of the most elementary facts about the universe is striking enough. But that ...

In a first, scientists have recreated the formation of the first ever molecules in the universe to learn more about early ...

Inside a laboratory nestled above the mist of the forests of South Dakota, scientists are searching for the answer to one of science's biggest questions: why does our Universe exist? They are in a ...

New calculations suggest that the universe's most enduring celestial objects, such as white dwarf stars, are decaying faster than previously thought.