Black holes are mysterious objects, and one theory posits that our universe exists inside of one. It sounds strange, but ...

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.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new paper adjusts an equation that defines our universe in response to recent new data. The cosmological constant, which describes how our universe ...

Discover 25 strange things happening in our universe right now! From black holes dragging stars to rogue planets and ...

Decades of data have suggested the universe is flat, much like an infinite plane. But a new analysis reveals deep flaws in ...

The collective gravity of countless neutrinos gently irons out the wrinkles in the cosmic web, preventing matter from ...

Did primordial black holes born during the Big Bang swallow the universe's antimatter, allowing matter to dominate the cosmos ...

Gravitational waves could be responsible for the production of dark matter during the early phases of our universe's ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists have recently used an updated understanding of the math of our universe to theorize that the universe will end in a crunch rather than ...