The big bang wasn’t the start of everything, but it has been impossible to see what came before. Now a new kind of cosmology is lifting the veil on the beginning of time ...

It’s unclear whether science as a discipline—and scientists as people—will ever be able to answer some questions definitively ...

Today we are going to talk about cosmology and the fact that black holes were considered as an almost unbelievable idea. In the 30s, British astronomer Arthur ...

The Big Bang is a generally accepted theory that explains what happened at the beginning of the universe. While it is generally accepted, it is not at all understood because from what researchers can ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if our ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new hypothesis from physicists at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. challenges the long-standing Big Bang Theory as the ultimate origin of ...

Emma Chapman reviews Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper Before the bang That the universe evolved from a "hot Big Bang" is not in question, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American What do we really know about our universe?

Findings from a new study into the cosmic "afterglow" may rewrite the history of the universe, according to researchers. This afterglow—the "cosmic microwave background" (CMB), the relic radiation ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Every month or so it seems like another ...