A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

The theorized unseen structure of spacetime could also explain of the outstanding questions about the accelerating expansion ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

It’s known as the ‘Big Rip’ theory of the end of the universe. It used to be a fringe theory, but has gained some currency ...

Across physics, biology and philosophy, a once-fringe idea is gaining new intellectual weight: the possibility that the ...

A team of South Korean researchers have found that a mysterious force known as dark energy is changing our Universe in a way ...

Galaxy NGC 6822, neighbouring the Milky Way galaxy, being studied to learn more about stars and dust in the early universe. Credit: NASA/James Webb Space Telescope Galaxy NGC 6822, neighbouring the ...

Scientists say fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe—not particles and waves.

Astronomers have proposed a new theory to suggest why our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. That our universe is expanding is in wide agreement, though how exactly that process happens is ...

Throughout the existence of life on Earth, we have always been plagued with the question — are we alone? Regardless of humanity’s contrasting beliefs, there has always existed the undeniable fact that ...

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