Is there a scientific reason why the universe exists? In other words, what is the science of why there is anything at all, ...

Quirks & Quarks is having its 50th anniversary this fall. Bob McDonald shares his appreciation for the people behind the ...

— Live Science crossword puzzle #3: Mathematical term for a whole number — 5 down ...

The sPHENIX detector passed calibration, paving the way to study quark-gluon plasma and unlock secrets of the early universe.

That cosmologists cannot agree on one of the most elementary facts about the universe is striking enough. But that uncertainty produces others, too: it makes it impossible to calculate an exact age ...

New computer simulations suggest the first magnetic fields that emerged after the Big Bang were much weaker than expected — ...

A backward, mirror universe could explain the existence of dark matter. If an anti-universe exists, it would run backward in ...

While radio waves are the method of choice when searching for signals of intelligent alien life, other detectable signs also ...

Why the Universe Is Becoming More Habitable The universe is far more welcoming to life today than it was when microbes on Earth arose—and will only grow more so ...

And then, we can shift our inquiry from “Is the universe a computer simulation?” to “Can we model the universe as a computer simulation?” These are two very different questions.