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

Experts believe the universe may have a built-in 'self-destruct button' called false vacuum decay which could destroy the ...

The universe has always seemed like a grand, unstoppable machine. From theories such as the Big Crunch to the long, cold ...

Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

The idea of a particle that races faster than light has long fascinated physicists. Known as the tachyon, it was originally ...

On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a three-year study to set a ...

Nearly 50 years ago, physicists floated a bold idea: our universe might be stuck in a false vacuum. This state feels stable, ...

Researchers, in a recent Physical Review Letters paper, introduce a new mechanism that may finally allow ultralight dark ...

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

After six years of collecting data, the muon g-2 experiment released its results and could chart a new path for particle physics.

Some physicists reject philosophy as a distraction from ‘real’ science but it is in fact both useful and beautiful ...