The Big Bang model begins with a point of infinite density where the laws of physics break down. This is a deep theoretical problem that suggests the beginning of the Universe is not fully understood, ...

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

UT researchers have made rare measurements of exotic nuclear decay that reshape how scientists think heavy elements form in extreme cosmic events. You can’t have gold without the decay of an atomic ...

A new study claims to show evidence of gamma-ray emissions that closely resemble those expected from two weakly interacting ...

If findings are correct, astronomer Tomonori Totani told Newsweek, this may finally solve "the greatest mystery in cosmology.

For years, the idea that we might be living inside a vast computer program has drifted from philosophy seminars into ...

UK artist Alison Stott has created a new glass and light artwork – entitled Naturally Focused – that is inspired by the work ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and the Abdus Salam ...

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of ...

With victims numbering in the millions, malaria is an infectious disease caused by the bite of a mosquito carrying the ...

Quantum theory fails to explain how the reality we experience emerges from the world of particles. A new take on quantum ...

Supersonic shock waves are cone-shaped disturbances that result from an object moving faster than the speed of sound. If you ...