In the earliest moments after the universe was born, everything changed—fast. This rapid expansion, known as cosmic inflation, was theorized to solve problems in the Big Bang model. It explains why ...

The galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope, existed 290 million years after the Big Bang - Copyright KCNA VIA KNS/AFP STR The galaxy JADES ...

The Big Bang theory has dominated our understanding of the universe’s origin for almost 100 years. It describes a moment when all of space, time, and energy were born from a single infinitely dense ...

Astronomers are closing in on a result so statistically secure that, in their language, it borders on certainty: a 99.9999999 ...

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Final data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope has ruled out 30 models of the universe, sharpening the Hubble tension and ...

"If the model holds true, it could mark a new chapter in the way we think about the birth of the universe." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...

Good news, though: If we do, then it could help solve the ongoing mystery of the expansion of the universe. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...

For much of the twentieth century, scientists expected the expanding universe to slow over time. The opposite turned out to ...

(Nanowerk News) Two recent studies by Professor Stefano Profumo at the University of California, Santa Cruz, propose theories that attempt to answer one of the most fundamental open questions in ...