Might the universe we can observe be just half the tale, with a mirror universe moving in reverse through time filling out ...

A radical new theory regarding the origin of the universe suggests that gravitational waves, tiny ripples in spacetime first ...

A team from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand has proposed a new theory about universe expansion which doesn't include dark energy.

How exactly did the universe start and how did these processes determine its formation and evolution? This is what a study ...

What if there is more than one cosmological agent for dark energy? This mixture would have strange effects in our universe, making it potentially detectable with upcoming surveys.

In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron ...

A Treatise on Electrical Theory and the Problem of the Universe, considered from the Physical Point of View, with Mathematical Appendices E. E. F. Nature 85, 99 (1910) Cite this article ...

Together with Thomas Hertog, in his final years, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking suggested a Darwinian revolution in cosmology. Hertog explains it here.

Forget one Big Bang — try many. A bold new theory pokes holes in the popular origin story, suggesting the universe evolves through a series of lightning-fast bursts, rewriting what we know about ...