If the universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into, and what is it expanding from? Where's the edge of the universe, and where is its center?

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. Everything on Earth, in our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond is contained within ...

A team of physicists have proposed a new cosmological model – dubbed the "black hole universe" – that suggests that our universe did not begin at the Big Bang. For a long time the universe was assumed ...

Its overall size cannot change; it remains infinite. But it can still expand in ... string theorists have hazarded guesses about the pre-bang universe. Two popular models are floating around. The ...

Evidence of this quantum layer may be coming soon. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Physicists are still puzzling over ...

How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, ...

JWST observations show that early galaxies were chaotic, gas-filled systems rather than stable disks. Researchers from ...

Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the beginning of the universe? The short answer is "no." But the long answer ...

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