Scientists say fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe—not particles and waves.

A radical new theory regarding the origin of the universe suggests that gravitational waves, tiny ripples in spacetime first ...

Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity is currently our best approximation of how the universe ticks. But there are holes.

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

What We Thought We Knew Dark matter has long been a cornerstone of modern cosmology, introduced to explain observed gravitational effects that cannot be accounted for by visible matter alone. Since ...

Just as ocean waves shape our shores, ripples in space-time may have once set the Universe on an evolutionary path that led to the cosmos as we see it today.

Many theories are rock-solid: Scientists have just as much confidence in the theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, ...

In modern physics, there is a highly controversial hypothesis: the "holographic universe theory." According to this theory, ...

For years, scientists have used a well-established model to explain how the universe evolves. The standard theory, called the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model (ΛCDM), is the prevailing cosmological ...

It suggests your subjective experience might come from both your physical brain and the mysterious quantum activity within it ...

The universe seems to be spinning, and that could explain what dark energy is and why it's weakening while revealing our place within the multiverse.