In A Nutshell New theoretical models predict “dark dwarfs” — objects powered by dark matter annihilation. These cosmic bodies would shine steadily near the galactic center for billions of years. They ...

Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big bounce following another ...

Evidence that the universe is rotating was recently delivered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which found that two-thirds of galaxies are rotating in the same direction. This suggests a lack ...

A cosmic void could be distorting how we see the universe expand. Sound from the Big Bang may hold the clues. According to ...

Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting expansion rate.

That is the Universe in a nutshell. A few hundred million years after the Big Bang, the first stars and galaxies condensed out of immense clouds of gas.

Dark energy, a mysterious force that scientists believe is behind the accelerated expansion of the universe, is weakening — which could result in the universe over the course of billions of ...