Nearly 50 years ago, physicists floated a bold idea: our universe might be stuck in a false vacuum. This state feels stable, ...

The Big Bang model begins with a point of infinite density where the laws of physics break down. This is a deep theoretical problem that suggests the beginning of the Universe is not fully understood, ...

Scientists from the CMS collaboration at CERN have measured the speed of sound in the quark-gluon plasmas with record ...

Providing capabilities found nowhere else in the world as it probes the physics behind magnetic reconnection, the Facility ...

Silver-110’s decay reveals a promising path to measure antineutrino mass. New data could reshape future neutrino studies.

The Big Bang may mark an end—not the start—of a previous universe's aeon. Penrose's theory sees the universe as an eternal ...

Consciousness gives rise to a sense of self and personal agency. The question is, how do biological processes give rise to ...

The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

The invisible dark matter is one of the universe's biggest mysteries, and its existence is confirmed only by the ...

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a ...

You’ve discovered Coral Castle, Homestead’s most bewildering attraction and possibly Florida’s most head-scratching landmark. When someone tells you they’re heading to Florida, your mind probably ...