In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

Do the building blocks of life exist beyond the Milky Way, and can we identify them? This is what a recent study published in ...

Whether alien life exists in the universe may be one of science's most important questions. Now, a leading British scientist ...

Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the ...

If the universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into, and what is it expanding from? Where's the edge of the universe ...

His latest book, Discordance, fits into the class of conventional popular cosmology, in so far that it is an account of how our present understanding of the Universe has emerged ... whether some type ...

Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if ...

Is there a scientific reason why the universe exists? In other words, what is the science of why there is anything at all, instead of only nothing? The answer has to do with opposites. Scientists have ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to reach somewhere truly empty?

For millions of humans, death is seen as a final, inescapable moment, when our conscious selves cease to function. But for others, it is the start of a new life in a new realm – the point where our ...

Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the beginning of the universe? The short answer is "no." But the long answer ...

The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Is there a scientific ...