If true, this could overturn our current model of dark energy and cause "Big Crunch" sooner than previously thought. Dark ...

The first stars were not just lights in the dark, they were cosmic fire-starters that transformed the universe while seeding ...

It all boils down to a mysterious component of the universe called dark energy. This hypothetical substance is responsible ...

The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the ...

New research suggests that "baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs)" from the initial moments of the universe, think of them as "the sound of the Big Bang," seem to support ... Hubble constant value and ...

Scientists warn the universe could reverse its expansion and collapse in a “Big Crunch” — with the first signs possibly emerging in just 10 billion years.

Image: Naidu et al. 2025 The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest find is yet another record-breaker: the most distant galaxy ever detected, shining just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

What emerges on the other side of the bounce is a universe remarkably like our own. Even more surprisingly, the rebound naturally produces the two separate phases of accelerated expansion—inflation ...