A finite mind cannot fully comprehend an infinite reality; a cup cannot contain the sea. This is not a defect of the mind, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. Everything on ...

Friedmann accepted this new term but pointed out a radical alternative: the universe did not have to be frozen. He argued that Einstein’s static universe was merely a special case and that the cosmos ...

If the universe is packed with trillions of stars and galaxies, the night sky should be glowing like the surface of the Sun.

Recent research by a team of Australian psychology professors tested the impact that focusing on the enormity of the universe has on mental health, feeling connected to others, and empathy. Before I ...

Mind, Brain, Consciousness” studies is a big Mystery for Western sciences because their motto is ‘nullius in verba’, i.e. not ...

Doesn’t seem like much of a brainteaser, does it? Everyone knows the sky darkens at night because the sun sets … or more accurately, because our part of planet Earth rotates away from the sun, and ...

Is the universe infinite, Aristotle asked in 350 BCE, “or is this an impossibility? The decision … is … all-important to our search for the truth.” The Greek ...

If you’re having trouble sleeping at night, have you tried to induce total existential dread by contemplating the end of the entire Universe? If not, here’s a rundown of five ideas exploring how “all ...

The question of whether the universe has an edge touches one of the deepest mysteries in cosmology. It’s the kind of question that makes your brain hurt in the best way possible, challenging ...

Imagine an infinite universe expanding in all directions. Visualization is impossible. Questions abound. But cosmologist Wendy Freedman is able to conceive of these heady abstractions in concrete, ...