Most explanations rely on "dark energy" to explain the Universe's accelerating expansion rate, but a new study takes a different path.

The model questions the popular inflation theory, which most experts believe was facilitated after the universe's birth. The ...

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Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the ...

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The story begins with the black hole information paradox. According to relativity, anything that falls into a black hole is ...

Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for ...

Deep in the core of most galaxies, hidden by spinning clouds of gas and dust, black holes spin like cosmic engines. These ...

Scotland somehow emerge from a bizarre World Cup qualifier with another victory on a remarkable night at Hampden, writes Tom ...

Gravitational waves are energy-carrying waves produced by the acceleration or disturbance of massive objects. These waves, ...

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable ...