cosmology
Eric Weinstein Says He Solved the Universe’s Mysteries. Scientists Disagree
The managing director of Thiel Capital finally posted a paper describing his 'theory of everything' and promoted it on Joe Rogan's podcast, raising the ire of critics.
Russia Deploys Device Probing Reality to the Depths of World's Deepest Lake
The massive telescope made of glass orbs will detect "ghost" particles that hold the key to many of the universe's mysteries.
Scientists Have Proposed a New Particle That Is a Portal to a 5th Dimension
The path to dark matter and other fundamental enigmas may be through a warped extra dimension, according to a new study that proposes a new theory of the universe.
Scientists Find More Evidence That Galaxies Are Synced Up In a 'Cosmic Web'
The oddly coherent motion of small satellite galaxies is challenging our accepted model of the universe.
The Cosmologist Working to Preserve the Night Sky for the Future
Dr. Aparna Venkatesan studies the distant reaches of space and time, while advocating for a night sky undamaged by orbital clutter.
The Physicist and Social Theorist Fighting for Equality in Science
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has peered into the deep past of the cosmos, while also working toward a just and equal future in the scientific community.
Scientists Want to Use Dark Matter 'Lenses' to Observe Far Reaches of the Universe
Dark matter lenses, which distort and amplify light from background objects, may be more abundant in galaxy clusters than expected.
An Astrophysicist Calculated the Last Big Explosions Before the Universe Dies
The last supernovas before the universe dies in a heat death will be twice-dead ancient relics on a mind-boggling time scale, according to astrophysicist Matt Caplan.
What the End of the Universe Will Really Be Like, According to a Theoretical Cosmologist
“Just months before the end, after we’ve lost the outer planets to the great and growing blackness, the Earth drifts away from the Sun, and the Moon from the Earth. We too enter the darkness, alone.”
Scientists See Trippy Quadrupled Black Hole While Peering Through a Galaxy
Using another galaxy as a telescope created a trippy quadrupling effect in a rare image of an exploding black hole from the early universe.
A Weird X-Ray Signal Is Coming From Nearby Galaxies and Nobody Knows Why
For years, scientists debated whether the glow was a telltale sign of dark matter. A new study refutes that theory, but that only deepens the mystery.
We Actually Live Inside a Huge Bubble in Space, Physicist Proposes
What if the Earth, the galaxy, and all the galaxies near us were enclosed in a weirdly empty bubble? This scenario could resolve some longstanding questions about the nature of the universe.