Quinnipiac University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When you bake a loaf of bread or a batch of muffins, you put the dough into a pan. As the dough bakes in the oven, it expands ...

Scientists have many big questions to tackle about the universe, including how big it actually is. But even the proposed answers aren't straightforward.

The universe's expansion is similar to a balloon inflating; the surface expands, causing dots (galaxies) to move apart. Galaxies farther away from us appear to recede faster than closer ones. The ...

After a century of observations spanning the breadth of the cosmos and theoretical insights that push humanity's vision of the universe to its utmost limits, we can finally, confidently say that the ...

The universe's expansion is accelerating, a phenomenon attributed to dark energy, potentially explained by a cosmological constant (Λ) in Einstein's general relativity. The ΛCDM model, the standard ...

When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents ...

What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years. For the past quarter of a century, scientists have believed "normal" stuff like atoms and molecules that make ...

For some reason the universe is full of stars, galaxies, and life. But it didn’t have to be this way. The Biggest Questions is a mini-series that explores how technology is helping probe some of the ...

Marvel’s Ultimate Universe is one of the hottest topics in the world of comics right now. Since making its return in 2023, the Ultimate line has quickly become a huge critical and commercial success ...

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