Scientists at the University of Waterloo have uncovered a bold new way to explain how the universe began—one that could ...

We know how the universe began. An event we call the Big Bang started it all about 13.8 billion years ago. How the universe ends, though, is an open question. The path forward depends on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dark energy is one of the most mysterious concepts in all of the cosmos. We know very little about what it is but it just might ...

Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven by an invisible force called dark energy. But new data suggest that this is ...

Andromeda and the Milky Way merge. NASA; ESA; Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI; T. Hallas; and A. Mellinger Share Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d ...

Blue oceans, green forests, a cozy blanket of oxygen. Our planet is a super comfy home. It’s hard to imagine there was ever a time it didn’t exist. I asked my friend Julie Ménard how Earth formed. She ...

The surface of Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, good ol' Earth helps us understand what the universe might be doing beyond ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...