In the early universe, moments after the Big Bang and cosmic inflation, clusters of exotic, massive particles could have ...

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A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

In the quaint borough of Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, such a place exists – an indoor wonderland where yesterday’s discards become today’s treasures.

The savory promise of jambalaya simmering in a massive cast iron pot draws you toward a food vendor, but on the way, you discover a booth selling hand-poured candles that capture the essence of ...

An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be ...

Will the universe keep existing forever? An astrophysicist explains how scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they can make ...

A team of international physicists has delivered a striking challenge to one of the most provocative ideas in modern science: ...

For years, the idea that reality might be a sophisticated computer program has drifted from late-night dorm debates into ...