Since childhood, we’ve been told gravity is the force that holds everything together — but what if that idea is incomplete, ...

For centuries, gravity has been the cornerstone of physics—but what if it’s not the universe’s true force? The Electric Universe theory claims that invisible cosmic currents shape stars, planets, and ...

In the search to understand how the universe came to be, a new theory is rewriting the script. Instead of one massive, fiery birth like the Big Bang, this idea suggests the cosmos has been growing in ...

The largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos hints that the dark energy that’s fueling the universe’s expansion may be weakening. One community of theoretical physicists expected as much. On the morning of ...

Astronomers have proposed a new theory to suggest why our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. That our universe is expanding is in wide agreement, though how exactly that process happens is ...