Let's rewind the clock back…oh, I don't know, let's say a hundred years. It was 1917, and Einstein had just developed his ...

If so, laws might change when the universe itself changes phase. In the early universe, as temperatures and densities shifted, forces split apart from a unified origin. What we call “laws” may be like ...

Scientists say microscopic wormholes could explain discrepancies in cosmological constants and affect our understanding of ...

The universe is expanding. That much is clearer. But it’s less clear whether this expansion is accelerating or slowing down.

Last time I wrote about new data that overturns the standard cosmological model. Before anyone starts dusting off their ...

At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

The Franklin Institute announced Nov. 11 that it is awarding the 2026 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honors in science, engineering and business ...

But new studies suggest that one of his most famous ideas, the cosmological constant, may not be fixed after all. If true, it could mean the universe is destined to collapse rather than expand forever ...

Cosmology is already a complicated field of study, so switching up the variables is extra rough.

Dark energy—the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate—is one of the universe’s greatest mysteries. The widely accepted theory at the present moment ...