Changing the fate of a single person is already a monumental task, but this is a matter of the entire universe’s destiny ...

Let’s say you have a baby. Maybe you really do, maybe you don’t. But Dan Scolnic, a cosmologist at the University of Chicago, does have one, and perhaps that's why a hypothetical baby helps him ...

After a multi-decade-year mission to understand the nature of the universe, a telescope perched in the mountain plateaus of northern Chile said goodbye in 2022. Now, its final data release is ...

To me cosmology was never really about the equations. It's the oldest thing we do, this itch to look up and try to explain the whole business, and it shows up in myth and in a whole constellation of ...

Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that teleology is a remnant of antiquated ways of thinking about causation, and ...

We assume the Universe looks broadly the same no matter where you are or which way you look. A study is throwing that ...

An expert shares his personal reminiscences of the evolution of the subject of cosmology over six decades. He tells of the increase in our confidence in the standard model of cosmology to the extent ...

It’s supposed to be the “gold standard” of evidence supporting the standard model of cosmology – including dark matter, dark energy and the exponential expansion after the big bang known as inflation.

About a year after launching into orbit around the Sun, the James Webb Space Telescope began imaging an abundance of little red dots, which scientists called, um, “little red dots.” I know—not only is ...

Cosmology seeks to describe the large-scale origin, content and fate of the Universe, while extragalactic astronomy extends these questions into the formation, evolution and interactions of galaxies ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. If you want to know how something in the Universe works, all you need ...

When we think of cosmology, we might think of some of its most complex scientific theories, such as inflation or the general theory of relativity. Or we might consider its astounding discoveries, such ...