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

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

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

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

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 ...

Scientists analysing dark energy say the universe’s expansion may be slowing, raising the possibility gravity could ...

For much of the twentieth century, scientists expected the expanding universe to slow over time. The opposite turned out to be true.

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 ...

Animation of the findings by researchers who used time-delay cosmography to independently confirm that the universe’s current ...

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 ...

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 ...