Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension? That’s the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that UB physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposed in 2010. They suggested that ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension? That’s the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that University at Buffalo physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues ...

Physicists who work with a concept called string theory envision our universe as an eerie place with at least nine spatial dimensions, six of them hidden from us, perhaps curled up in some way so they ...

An international team of scientists has come up with a new explanation for why space occupies three dimensions. The theory hinges upon flux tubes, which are comprised of quarks held together by gluons ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Holograms are some of the most interesting "flat" objects humans can ...

This could be the way the world ends. First, a pair of cosmic protons smash together at unimaginable speeds. The tremendous energy of their crash would create a tiny, ephemeral black hole, so small ...

Such an exponential expansion may seem minor, but it is equivalent to a grape in the palm of your hand swelling to become ...

New anomalies discovered in cosmic background radiation suggests our universe smacks into pocket dimensions as it grows. We have countless movies, TV shows, comic books, and video games preparing us ...

You experience daily life in three spatial dimensions (and one dimension of time). You move forward and backward, step left and right, and go up and down stairs as you move around your world. But ...