A new study by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the University of Padua challenges one of the core ideas of modern cosmology: that the Universe began with a rapid expansion called ...

“The Big Bang” is the idea that the universe began as “just a single point,” then expanded and stretched to grow as large as it is right now—and it is still stretching! This radical new theory on the ...

In this video, we explore the concept of the Big Bang and the possibility of its recurrence. Key topics include the potential ...

Two scientists think a double-Big-Bang scenario could explain dark matter and why we haven’t been able to detect it. Reading time 3 minutes When we think of the Big Bang, we think loud, hot, and ...

A team of scientists led by expert Raúl Jiménez, ICREA researcher at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB), in collaboration with the University of Padua (Italy), has ...

Emma Chapman reviews Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper Before the bang That the universe evolved from a "hot Big Bang" is not in question, ...

Our understanding of the universe, as advanced as it is, remains riddled with paradoxes and huge question marks. Physicists have come up with some pretty heady ideas to explain them — we’ll get to ...

Mayim Bialik tells Neil DeGrasse Tyson about transitioning from acting to neuroscience—then playing a scientist on The Big ...