In the meantime, scientists continue to uncover more information about how our universe works, including figuring out key information like when the Sun will explode.

Scientists have recreated the universe’s first molecules in a lab, offering new insights into the early cosmos and how it began to evolve.

The Universe presents an extraordinary level of balance that has fascinated scientists and thinkers for centuries. From the ...

The extreme plasmon technique could also help test a wide range of theories about how our universe works—from the possibility of a multiverse to exploring the very fabric of our universe.

The Shape of Wonder humanizes scientists by demystifying the scientific process and showing the personal side of researchers.

Inside a laboratory nestled above the mist of the forests of South Dakota, scientists are searching for the answer to one of science's biggest questions: why does our Universe exist? They are in a ...

In a first, scientists have recreated the formation of the first ever molecules in the universe to learn more about early ...

As the universe expands, it feels like it must be spreading out from some initial point. But a physicist explains why that’s not how it works. Hint: space-time is involved.

Seconds after the Big Bang, the newborn universe gave rise to the first elements—ionized forms of hydrogen and helium. These particles combined, forging helium hydride— the first ever molecule.

Scientists have recreated the first molecule ever to form and found that it likely played a much bigger role in the birth of early stars than previously thought. The universe was unimaginably hot ...

A collaboration involving a Rutgers University-New Brunswick cosmologist, along with hundreds of other researchers and dozens of institutions, is exploring the nature of dark energy, a mysterious ...