The Big Bang theory suggests that the universe began as a hot, dense point, expanding into the cosmos we observe today.

How did everything begin? It's a question that humans have pondered for thousands of years. Over the last century or so, ...

There may well be simpler, more powerful and more testable explanations for the basic properties of the universe than those ...

Hubble's recent capture, MCG+05-31-045 in the Coma cluster, illustrates the evolution of galaxies under extreme gravitational forces. This interaction, typical for dense galaxy clusters, demonstrates ...

If true, this theory could explain how all of the matter in our universe was created.

"This discovery presents a challenge: our cosmic surveys may not yet be large enough to map the full extent of these immense basins," study co-author Ehsan Kourkchi, an astronomer at the ...

"This is just 1% of the map, and yet it is full of a variety of sources that will help scientists discover new ways to describe the universe." The Euclid Space Telescope has revealed the "first ...

Euclid this week delivered the first piece of a cosmic map — containing about 100 million stars and galaxies — that will take six years to create. These stunning 3D observations may help ...

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The Singularity South Africa Summit last month might have helped us solve that eternal conundrum. What could be more creative than that discovery?