“If confirmed, this would have profound implications for the fate of the universe,” said The Guardian. The study raises the ...

Astronomers may have misread cosmic acceleration for 27 years. The universe may be slowing down, not speeding up.

A Queen's University scientist has been chosen to lead an international €2.3million hunt to discover how the first chemical elements were created in the Universe. Professor Stephen Smartt, Director of ...

Astronomers challenge the Nobel-winning theory of an accelerating universe, suggesting it may instead be slowing ...

If the findings prove correct, they could transform our understanding of the cosmos and its future. Instead of stretching ...

Maybe music artist Moby was right, and “we are all made of stars.” New research suggests the calcium in our teeth and bones came from star explosions. Researchers from Northwestern University looked ...

For decades, it was assumed that the expansion of the universe was accelerating—a theory that won the Nobel Prize. Now, ...

Physicists think we could see such an explosion in the next 10 years - and it would 'revolutionize physics and rewrite the history of the universe'. This artist’s concept takes a fanciful approach to ...