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ExtremeTech on MSN.com · Mar 16, 2025

What Is the Big Bang? The Beginning of the Universe, Explained

also known as a "theory of everything." Immeasurably hot and dense, that which would become our Universe was crammed into a volume just a tiny fraction the size of a proton. During the first picos ...
National Geographic · 10d

How will the universe end? The question just got an unexpected twist.

Cosmologist Katie Mack breaks down what the latest findings about dark energy mean for our universe’s future. Either way, it won’t be happy.
AOL · 8d

New theory challenges Big Bang, dark matter, and dark energy in the birth of the universe

In the search to understand how the universe came to be, a new theory is rewriting the script. Instead of one massive, fiery birth like the Big Bang, this idea suggests the cosmos has been growing in sudden,
Icon for www.nationalgeographic.comNational Geographic news · Feb 27, 2024

Big Bang Theory

Cynthia Chiang is searching for signs of the universe's first light Cynthia Chiang is searching for signs of the universe's first light Big Bang Poured Out "Liquid" Universe, Atom Smasher Hints ...
BGR · 21d

Physicists claim to have found the first true evidence supporting string theory

Researchers say they discovered observational evidence of string theory, which could turn everything we know about the universe on its head.
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Mar 15, 2023

Theories of the Universe

Red shift data provides evidence that the Universe, including space itself, is expanding. The discovery of the CMBR, after it had been predicted by the theory, provided very strong support for the ...
Live Science · 28d

Scientists claim to find 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' which could finally reveal the nature of dark energy

Physicists have proposed a new model of space-time that may provide the 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' a new preprint suggests.
Icon for www.newscientist.comNew Scientist · Mar 24, 2021

Cosmic inflation

Inflation was invented to explain a couple of features of the universe that are really hard to explain without it. The first is that Einstein’s general theory of relativity famously makes mass ...
Space.com · 19d

Some dark matter haloes could roll through the universe like hollow cosmic Easter Eggs

Dark matter is hypothesized to outweigh "ordinary matter" in the universe by a factor of five. That means all the stuff we see around us on a cosmic level, like stars, planets, and moons, and on an everyday level, like trees, clouds, cars, our bodies and the cat next door, accounts for just 15% of the matter in the universe.
Icon for www.irishtimes.comThe Irish Times · 10d

Beyond the big bang: Irishman’s universal evolution theory challenges accepted cosmology

His theory posits the idea that sustained ... “Evolution has therefore fine tuned our particular universe to produce, first, some supermassive black holes, which then generate stars and thus ...
Icon for www.sciencedaily.comScience Daily · 18d

Cosmic twist: The universe could be spinning

Szapudi's team developed a mathematical model of the universe. First, it followed standard rules ... The next step is turning the theory into a full computer model -- and finding ways to spot ...
Icon for www.newsweek.comNewsweek · 17d

Spinning Universe Could Solve Long-Standing Astronomy Puzzle

One of astronomy's biggest puzzles may have been solved by a new theory that suggests the universe ... Szapudi mathematically modelled the universe, first by following standard rules, then adding ...
Icon for www.ecoticias.comECOticias.com · 25d

‘It lit the lights of the universe’ — American astronomers make first-of-its-kind discovery

American astronomers achieved a groundbreaking discovery, which revealed a quasar that possibly acted as one of the key factors in terminating the “dark ages” era of the universe ... in Einstein’s special theory of relativity. Its broad-ranging ...
SciTechDaily · 4d

Cosmic CT Scan Uncovers a Surprising Twist in the Universe’s Evolution

Over billions of years, the universe has transformed from a simpler state into an intricate cosmic web, but new research hints that the growth of cosmic structures may not have unfolded exactly as predicted.
Icon for www.yahoo.comYahoo · 28d

Physicists claim they've found the 'first observational evidence supporting string theory'. But what is it?

Related: 'The universe has thrown us a curveball ... explaining dark energy but also in providing the first tangible evidence for string theory — a long-sought goal in fundamental physics.
Icon for www.msn.comAFP on MSN.com · 16d

Where are all the aliens?: Fermi's Paradox explained

Astronomers raised hopes that humanity might not be alone in the universe by announcing on Thursday they have detected the most promising hints yet of life on a distant planet.
Icon for www.bbc.comBBC · Aug 8, 2022

String theory - a simple way to understand the universe

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains why he thinks string theory is the best way to understand how the universe works. Malaysia's minister Zafrul Aziz will be representing the ASEAN bloc in ...
Icon for nypost.comNew York Post · 5d

Is this proof we’re living in a ‘simulated universe’? Scientist’s theory points to possible clue

So, in Vopson’s theory, these objects may be pulled together because the universe is simply trying to keep everything clean and compressed. “To put it simply, it is easier to compute all the ...
SciTechDaily · 6d

When Stars Collide: Hubble Captures Cosmic Cannibalism in Dwarf Galaxies

Astronomers have, for the first time, directly observed star clusters merging at the cores of dwarf galaxies—a process long theorized but never confirmed. This cosmic cannibalism, seen via Hubble and simulated in high detail,
Icon for timesofindia.indiatimes.comIndiatimes · 15d

Is the universe rotating? This new groundbreaking theory could help resolve the Hubble tension

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 ...
Icon for futurism.comFuturism · Feb 9, 2025

Physicists Find That the Universe Could "Collapse Like a House of Cards"

With that in mind, have you considered that our entire universe may ... The false vacuum theory isn't new. But the researchers believe that their work is some of the first to simulate the ...
Icon for www.popsci.comPopular Science · 16d

The universe isn’t just expanding—it may be spinning

Looking ahead, astronomers hope to construct a full computer model of the universe based in part of their new theory. From there, they will hopefully be able to pinpoint signs of cosmic spinning ...
Popular Science · 11d

Is the universe really infinite? Astrophysicists explain.

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and predict many things about the universe’s shape, rate of change, and character.
Icon for www.ndtv.comNDTV · 4d

Is Gravity The Code? New Theory Suggests The Universe Is A Giant Quantum Computer

Research hints our universe could function like a vast quantum ... organize information and matter in space and time. This new theory raises intriguing questions about the nature of reality ...
Icon for www.ecoticias.comECOticias.com · 10d

The end of the universe, frozen and without light: NASA studies the most worrisome theory

Scientists and the public have always studied the future of the universe as an intriguing matter of analysis. NASA research findings have made public a mysterious theory that suggests the universe faces a “Big Freeze” because of dark energy-driven ...
Icon for futurism.comFuturism · Mar 15, 2025

Scientist Says He Found Evidence Our Entire Universe Is Trapped Inside a Black Hole

which postulates that the entire universe is the interior of a black hole." The findings add credence to an existing, Russian doll-like theory called "Schwarzschild cosmology," which suggests that ...
Icon for www.eurekalert.orgEurekAlert! · 18d

Cosmic twist: New study suggests the universe could be spinning

Szapudi’s team developed a mathematical model of the universe. First, it followed standard ... The next step is turning the theory into a full computer model—and finding ways to spot signs ...
Icon for www.ndtv.comNDTV · 27d

First Observational Evidence Supporting String Theory Found? New Study Claims

Scientists may have found the first observational evidence that supports ... scientists have believed in the inflationary universe theory, which states that almost 14 billion years ago, at the ...
Icon for www.scientificamerican.comScientific American · Oct 24, 2024

The Founder of Cosmic Inflation Theory on Cosmology's Next Big Ideas

Physicist Alan Guth, the father of cosmic inflation theory, describes emerging ideas about where our universe comes from, what else is out there, and what caused it to exist in the first place.
Icon for www.pbs.orgPBS · Aug 13, 2020

David Gross

They're applicable maybe at later times, but they're not applicable at the beginning of the universe. So we desperately need something like string theory appears to be—a theory that is consistent.
Icon for www.smithsonianmag.comSmithsonian Magazine · Apr 24, 2014

Listening to the Big Bang

But this notion obscures an essential fallacy: The Big Bang theory does not tell us how the universe began. It tells us how the universe evolved, beginning a tiny fraction of a second after it all ...
Icon for www.pbs.orgPBS · Dec 26, 2018

A Theory of Everything?

A theory to end theories For the first time in the history of physics we therefore have a framework with the capacity to explain every fundamental feature upon which the universe is constructed.
Icon for www.popularmechanics.comPopular Mechanics · Sep 16, 2024

A New Theory Says the Universe Is Rebooting Itself

This theory aligns well with observations of the cosmos such as the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the ages of the oldest stars.
Icon for www.dailymail.co.ukDaily Mail · 7d

Scientist says Big Bang theory is wrong... as they reveal how universe REALLY began

A controversial new theory about how the universe began rejects the widely ... aren't confined to a single explosive beginning (like the Big Bang). Rather, they have continued sending bursts ...