But there are several important anomalies, including a widely debated one called the Hubble tension. It is named after Edwin ...

Cosmologists have long treated black holes and the Big Bang as separate extremes of physics, one swallowing light, the other ...

The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the ...

When you bake a loaf of bread or a batch of muffins, you put the dough into a pan. As the dough bakes in the oven, it expands into the baking pan. Any chocolate chips or blueberries in the muffin ...

Astronomers have known for decades that the universe is expanding. When they use telescopes to observe faraway galaxies, they see that these galaxies are moving away from Earth. To astronomers, the ...

Could the vast universe in which we live actually be the interior of a black hole within a larger universe? The idea, which ...

Contrary to popular belief, our universe may not be constantly expanding after all. A groundbreaking study by South Korean ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- It was 95 years ago that astronomer and University of Chicago alumnus Edwin Hubble made the discoveries that proved the universe is expanding—but the question of just how fast the ...

A team of South Korean researchers have found that a mysterious force known as dark energy is changing our Universe in a way ...

The universe is expanding faster and faster, but not all scientists agree that dark energy is the cause. Perhaps, instead, our universe keeps colliding with and absorbing smaller 'baby universes,' a ...

The universe has likely shifted from a period of acceleration to a phase of deceleration, new study by Korean researchers ...

Nobel laureate Dr. James Peebles will discuss the still-unanswered questions regarding the expansion of the universe, dark matter and more. We have good evidence that the universe we see around us is ...