What if the universe didn’t begin with a bang–but with a memory? In Brahman: All This Whatsoever That Moves, debut author Krishnamurthy Ramakrishnan dismantles the Big Bang Theory’s dominance and ...

The National Youth Week, originally launched in 1995, will begin on January 12, the 163rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. I appeal to the readers of this column, especially young teachers and ...

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

PHYSICS 16: “The Origin and Development of the Cosmos,” taught by Risa Wechsler, cosmologist and researcher at SLAC, offers students an introduction to the physics principles that govern the universe.

The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the ...

The earliest acoustic vibrations in the cosmos weren’t exactly sound – they travelled at half the speed of light and there ...

New research puts forward compelling new evidence that dark matter interacts with cosmic "ghost particles" called neutrinos.

A new study questions dark energy's role in the universe's acceleration, suggesting it may be weakening instead.

What is the fundamental nature of reality? What is the true essence of human consciousness? These questions will take center stage at the Nature of Reality Seminar, a major interdisciplinary gathering ...

Dark energy may be the most mysterious substance ever proposed, but many scientists are certain it exists. Why?

Scientists are a step closer to solving one of the universe’s biggest mysteries as new research finds evidence that two of ...

An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic ...