A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to ...

The universe’s expansion is accelerating, not decelerating. Our understanding of how the universe works may need an update.

“This once again changes our fundamental understanding of nature, and in particular our understanding of the future of our universe,” he adds. “Will the expansion continue forever, or will ...

Scientists are homing in on the nature of a mysterious force called dark energy, and nothing short of the fate of the universe hangs ... and quasars by the end of its survey in 2026.

It's well known that the universe began in an explosion known as the Big Bang, but scientists now say that it might end with a 'Big Crunch'. According to this chilling theory, the cosmos will ...

The Future Circular Collider has not yet received a political green light or funding. Even if approved, the vast project ...

compared with reference galaxies with Lyman-α emission observed between 600 million and 800 million years after the Big Bang — near the end of the phase transition to an ionized Universe.

But what future is there at the end of the world? Joshua Oppenheimer’s offbeat riff on post-apocalyptic Earth reveals its circumstances in a slow trickle. There’s word of fires that have ...

One of the most powerful mutant menaces of all time might just be the only thing standing between the entire universe and ...