A revolutionary new model, gaining traction among physicists, suggests our entire universe might be a vast, expanding black hole that emerged from the collapse of a larger, older "parent" universe.

WASHINGTON — Using data from NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. The cause, they suggest, is the ...

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Is the universe finite or infinite in extent? This question has been a preoccupation of philosophy for millenniums, and scientists continue to grapple with it. Wherever infinity appears, paradox looms ...

If the universe was a soundtrack, we have been humming it our whole life. Every atom in our body, every star in the sky, every beam of light is part of a piece of music that never stops playing.