Was the Big Bang really the beginning of the universe, or are we 'bouncing' between periods of expansion and contraction? A ...

Scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper, natural alternatives to expensive facilities searching for dark matter.

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang ...

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One of the papers, published last year, describes the simulated results of quakes on the surface of neutron stars before they ...

Black holes are some of the most mysterious and fascinating objects in the universe, known for their immense gravitational pull that nothing, not even light, can escape. But among them, there are ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang ...

The findings suggest black holes could provide a cheaper, natural alternative to billion-dollar particle colliders, if we can ...

A new simulation by researchers shows how a neutron star violently cracks seconds before vanishing into a black hole.

A new study of the Gobi Wall in the Gobi highland desert of Mongolia reveals a multifunctional role beyond defense; data from ...

The three-dimensional world of ordinary experience—the universe filled with galaxies, stars, planets, houses, boulders, and ...