The shape of the cosmos depends on a balance of two competing forces: the pull of gravity and the expansion driven by dark ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. Everything on ...

A deep dive into one of the biggest questions in cosmology. Scientists explore whether the universe goes on forever or has boundaries, breaking down current theories observations and what modern ...

We’ve been told by science that the universe is expanding relentlessly, driven by a mysterious force called dark energy.

Doesn’t seem like much of a brainteaser, does it? Everyone knows the sky darkens at night because the sun sets … or more accurately, because our part of planet Earth rotates away from the sun, and ...

Is the universe infinite, Aristotle asked in 350 BCE, “or is this an impossibility? The decision … is … all-important to our search for the truth.” The Greek ...

The big bang wasn’t the start of everything, but it has been impossible to see what came before. Now a new kind of cosmology is lifting the veil on the beginning of time ...

Recent research by a team of Australian psychology professors tested the impact that focusing on the enormity of the universe has on mental health, feeling connected to others, and empathy. Before I ...

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