Nobel Prize winners for physics Arno Penzias (left) and Robert W. Wilson stand in front of their microwave radio antenna at Holmdel Bell Labs in New Jersey on Oct. 18, 1978. They won for studies in ...

WUWM astronomy contributor Jean Creighton discusses cosmology ahead of "Birth of the Universe" at UWM's Manfred Olson ...

The Big Bang's early moments were crucial for nucleosynthesis, leading to the formation of light elements and influencing the universe's structure.

Dark matter, the invisible substance that shapes the Universe, may have had a far more dramatic beginning than scientists once believed.

The Big Bang is a generally accepted theory that explains what happened at the beginning of the universe. While it is generally accepted, it is not at all understood because from what researchers can ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope is a collaborative project led by Penn and Princeton researchers (Photo Courtesy of ACT Collaboration). The Atacama Cosmology Telescope — a National Science ...

Our common understanding of the universe tells us that all matter and energy were created at the beginning of time during a period of rapid inflation called the Big Bang. However, in 2023, Katherine ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American What do we really know about our universe?

Our universe may have been born in a gravitational crunch that formed a very massive black hole—followed by a bounce inside it. The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a ...

The mysteries surrounding the origins of the universe have long intrigued scientists and philosophers alike. New research, published in the Living Reviews in Relativity, introduces an innovative ...

Emma Chapman reviews Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper Before the bang That the universe evolved from a "hot Big Bang" is not in question, ...