When discussing the scale of the universe, we’re immediately faced with an intriguing question: are we tiny beings, or is the ...

“The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” - Carl Sagan Compared to the Sun, how big is the Earth? What is a scale model and how does it help ...

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Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of ...

This image shows the galaxy cluster IDCS J1426.5+3508, which contains a mass of almost 500 trillion suns. According to a new theory, it and everything else will collapse in on itself in the distant ...

The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates with new data from dark-energy observatories. After expanding to its peak size about 11 billion ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

"Challenging long-held assumptions is essential to scientific progress." A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

It will be a view unlike any other — completely invisible, exceptionally quiet and utterly transformative. Deep in the first moments of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos shook and rumbled. Those quakes ...

Could our universe be expanding then shrinking back into a tiny point, reliving a kind of big bang over and over again? Probably not, according to a mathematical analysis that argues that the laws of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Our vast universe might not be infinitely expanding after all. Some ...