Recent discoveries have reignited excitement and curiosity in the scientific community, suggesting the possible existence of ...

String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single ...

And like all of you, I’ve been brainwashed with sci-fi concept of multiple universes — in execrable series like "Loki" and umpteen Marvel creations of varying degrees of coherence, or cool ...

The shape of the universe has been puzzling scientists for decades, and some new theories suggest it might not be […] ...

A new theory published late last year is offering an explanation as to why our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate: Merging with "baby" universes.

But inflation isn't the only route that scientists have looked at to prove the multiverse theory. Others have looked at alternatives called cyclic universes, which basically say the universe is on ...

The idea suggests that a parallel universe that mirrors our own could explain the existence of dark matter, one of the ...

How can the tiniest particles and the vast structure of the universe be explained using the same kind of mathematics? This puzzle is the focus of recent research by mathematicians Claudia Fevola ...

Studies of the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang, have revealed that our universe is experiencing accelerated expansion. For this observation to fit with the main theory ...

A new theory suggests that “time” might be the product of a universe that, long ago, decided to settle down into one ...

Einstein's theory of general relativity offers a strikingly accurate depiction of how gravity interacts with the fabric of space-time in the nearby universe. vchal/Getty Images ...