In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

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Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the ...

Where every known method of divination seemed to fail, a group of researchers at Bocconi University in Milan found a hint in ...

“The Copernican principle is a cornerstone of most of astronomy, it is assumed without question, and plays an important role ...

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In a video message played at a Frankfurt Book Fair event, Yau shared insights into the three-year process of writing the book ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...

Nobel laureate Kip Thorne, who will deliver the Royal Irish Academy 2025 Hamilton Lecture, on his lifelong quest to understand more about space ...

Every now and then, some scientists--with all the best intentions, we're sure--come out with another study, or thought, or book, detailing how they know, they finally know, that the cosmos was guided ...

Modern multiverse fiction incorporates real physics equations and string theory principles rather than relying on pure ...