The Nasadiya Sukta, from the 10th mandala of the Rigveda, is often called the "Hymn of creation". Instead of giving us a detailed description of how the universe began, it marvels at the "mystery" of ...

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Physicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) has revealed that most massive stars in the early universe were likely born in ...

Astronomers have detected two extraordinary gravitational wave events that may have come from black holes formed in earlier ...

Discover how the universe stretches beyond comprehension and how telescopes like Hubble and James Webb reveal galaxies at the ...

Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window ...

New strategies may soon allow scientists to test dark energy theories within our own solar system, linking cosmic-scale physics to local observation. Science advances through a cycle of proposing ...

Researchers have moved one step closer to solving one of science’s greatest mysteries—why the universe is filled with matter instead of nothing. Scientists at Indiana University have made a major ...

Big name physicists and astronomers gave us amazing revelations, which sometimes spun off profound takeaways in philosophy, metaphysics, and everyday existence. So let’s briefly look past the science ...