The universe could end not with a bang, but a whimper known as “false vacuum decay.” In a new study, scientists leveraged the ...

Quantum computers hold the promise to revolutionize so many different aspects of science. They can tackle problems that even the most powerful supercomputer wouldn’t be able to deal with. The problem ...

Everything has a beginning and an end — including our universe. But what will the end of everything we know look like, and when will it happen? Let’s start with the area we know best — our ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

Follow this journey to the end and ... entropy of the Universe tends to a maximum, was one of the consequences of understanding how steam engines work. Today steam power seems like ancient history ...

A new way to study 3D maps of galaxies in the cosmos without compressing the data is revealing new information about the dark universe ... dark matter should look like according to the standard ...

enabling them to compare early- and late-universe measurements directly. "This process is like a cosmic CT scan," says Madhavacheril, "where we can look through different slices of cosmic history ...