Are Wormholes a Scientific Dead End?
To quote an astrophysicist’s answer to a young student’s question, a wormhole is “like a tunnel between two…
Scientists calculate how much information exists in the observable universe
A theoretical calculation estimates roughly 6 × 10⁸⁰ bits of information in selected ordinary-matter particles across the observable…
Five-dimensional black holes offer a possible explanation for dark matter and neutrinos
A theoretical study predicts five-dimensional primordial black holes within a model containing a hidden extra spatial dimension.Some modeled…
A Quantum Bubble Could End Reality as We Know It. Here’s Why It (Probably) Won’t
Physicists have many delightful theories about how our universe might end, including one that suggests it isn’t in…
Meet Liam Desre, the 14-year-old Canadian who proposed a thermodynamic alternative to dark energy; his cosmology project won a €5,000 second prize against 144 young researchers from 37 countries at EUCYS 2026
Liam DesrePhoto credit: youthscience.ca In the grand quest to understand why the universe is expanding faster and faster,…
The Largest 3D Map of the Universe Is Shaking Cosmology to Its Foundations
The DESI Collaboration is a winner of the 2026 Gizmodo Science Fair for greatly advancing our understanding of…
APOD: 2026 September 29 – Sh2 188: The Shrimp Nebula
APOD: 2026 September 29 – Sh2 188: The Shrimp Nebula Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes
The research team focused on 15 of the most “pristine” small, remote galaxies ever discovered for these papers.…
Astronomers confirm Einstein’s gravity by viewing light from behind a supermassive black hole
Astronomers detected delayed X-ray flashes consistent with light reflected from the far side of an accretion disk and…
Signatures of suppressed matter clustering revealed by fast radio bursts
The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration et al. The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) science requirements document.…
The universe may contain a staggering 40 quintillion black holes
Astronomers estimate that about 40 quintillion stellar-mass black holes exist within the observable universe, a number written as…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap
Two mirrors, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, are set to change how…