Two recent studies speculate a natural emergence of the mysterious substance, offering ‘self-contained and calculable ...

Appearance is one thing, but reality is another. The world does not appear to be a hologram, but maybe it is. Thus begins ...

Aug. 1 is Women Astronomers Day, highlighting the historical achievements of women in astronomy. The designation honors the ...

Speculative elements may not be necessary to explain the cosmos. A team of researchers, led by Raúl Jiménez, an ICREA scientist at the University of Barcelona’s Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB), ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We might be living in a bubble. That's the conclusion of a new paper published in the ...

They have given relational quantum cosmology an elegant formalism in terms of a mathematical structure called topos theory. Butterfield and Isham have also shown how an approach to quantum cosmology ...

For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with ...

Astroparticle physics and particle cosmology represent converging disciplines that strive to understand the universe from its largest structures down to its most fundamental constituents. In this ...

Carving up the cosmos Cosmologists face a dilemma. The rise of quantitative cosmology, exemplified by the release of new data in March on the cosmic microwave background from the WMAP satellite (see ...

Let's talk about astrophysics, cosmology and how our universe works. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini sits down to talk about Astrophysics and Cosmology. By using what we've learned ...

Princeton University physicist Curtis Callan will give a free public lecture on cosmology and particle physics on Monday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at the University Inn and Conference Center, 611 Ocean ...