Forget one Big Bang — try many. A bold new theory pokes holes in the popular origin story, suggesting the universe evolves ...

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A new idea about cosmic expansion has emerged that might remove the need for dark matter and dark energy altogether.

This age estimation, largely accepted by most scientists, was derived from the “Big Bang” theory — formulated by Belgian ...

The universe is full of exploding stars, matter eating black holes, and swaths of dark matter and energy that scientists still don’t quite understand. To the average person, it might look like a ...

A groundbreaking theory suggests that dark matter—the invisible material shaping galaxies—may have formed before the Big Bang ...

Scientists propose a new theory to solve the Hubble tension. The universe might be rotating very slowly. Istvan Szapudi suggests this cosmic spin could explain inconsistencies in expansion ...