Dark matter, the invisible substance that shapes the Universe, may have had a far more dramatic beginning than scientists once believed.

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?

The Big Bang's early moments were crucial for nucleosynthesis, leading to the formation of light elements and influencing the ...

The mysteries surrounding the origins of the universe have long intrigued scientists and philosophers alike. New research, published in the Living Reviews in Relativity, introduces an innovative ...

Our universe may have been born in a gravitational crunch that formed a very massive black hole—followed by a bounce inside it. The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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Our common understanding of the universe tells us that all matter and energy were created at the beginning of time during a period of rapid inflation called the Big Bang. However, in 2023, Katherine ...

Lead Astronomer at the James Webb Australian Data Centre, Swinburne University of Technology Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in ...