A six-year-old controversial theory that told of a time before the Big Bang is undergoing a resurgence, only to be lampooned again by its original critics. The theory of ekpyrotic cosmology was first ...

All you need is some string. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Has the universe been around forever? If so, perhaps it's been ...

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A century ago, we knew virtually nothing about the large scale structure of the universe, not even the fact that there exist galaxies beyond our Milky Way. Today, cosmologists have the tools to image ...

Travel through the abnormalities of the universe and the potential changes in the laws of physics along the way in All About Space issue 137, on sale now. You'll uncover the six fundamental constants ...

Did the universe really begin with a bang, and will it end with a whimper? Well-known science journalist Seife gives a comprehensive survey of "theories of everything" from the ancients to the latest ...

Forget the credit crunch, there could be a far bigger crunch to come — one in which most of the Universe could be lost forever. Jean-Luc Lehners and Paul J. Steinhardt suggest that only a tiny seed of ...