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 new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

Calling all Earthlings, Astro-nerds, sci-fi dreamers, and music-loving voyagers! The very first edition of Cosmic Frequencies ...

Could the Universe have been born inside a black hole? This question, raised by a team of scientists, challenges the Big Bang ...

Scientists just confirmed a 30-foot void first detected inside the monument years ago. Here’s the technology that helped scientists find it—and what it may have been used for.

The author discusses technological singularity that is the possibility of machine being equal in intelligence or more intelligent than humans. The author sites some scenarios when technological ...

More by Phil Plait This article was originally published with the title “Cosmic Pareidolia” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 331 No. 3 (October 2024), p. 61 ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope found early galaxies rotating in the same direction, reigniting theories that our universe may exist ...

Webb discovered dozens of small, powerful galaxies from 800 million years ago that likely drove cosmic reionization by emitting strong ultraviolet radiation. Astronomers using data from NASA ’s James ...

In a nutshell Scientists detected missing ordinary matter in a 23-million-light-year cosmic filament between galaxy clusters using X-ray telescopes The discovery found gas heated to 10+ million ...