This video walks you all the way to the last pages of reality, exploring what modern physics says about how the universe might actually end. From the slow fade of heat death to the violent tearing of ...

The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates with new data from dark-energy observatories. After expanding to its peak size about 11 billion ...

No one knows what kicked off the Big Bang that eventually allowed the stars to begin forming. Adolf Schaller for STScI, CC BY How can a Big Bang have been the start of the universe, since intense ...

The question of whether the cosmos goes on forever is no longer just a late night thought experiment, it is a live research problem that cuts to the heart of modern physics. Astrophysicists are using ...

The surface of Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, good ol' Earth helps us understand what the universe might be doing beyond ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new paper adjusts an equation that defines our universe in response to recent new data. The cosmological constant, which describes how our universe ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

Stephen DiKerby receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Whether the universe will “end” at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity’s cosmic home ...

The universe has been expanding for 13.8 billion years, but this may not go on forever. According to some theories, we may be accelerating toward a cataclysmic end. When you purchase through links on ...