How did everything begin? It's a question that humans have pondered for thousands of years. Over the last century or so, science has homed in on an answer: the Big Bang. This describes how the ...

Cosmic inflation tries to describe one brief but crucial phase in the Big Bang that launched the universe onto its expansion course. Credit: Christine Daniloff / MIT / ESA / Hubble / NASA Many ...

A mysterious boom heard in northern New Jersey on Sunday night was the second in less than a week that has left authorities ...

A Belgian priest came up with the Big Bang almost a century ago—but he also wanted to keep science and faith as separate as ...

A cosmic spectacle predicted by Stephen Hawking may be on the horizon as scientists warn of a black hole poised to explode.