Cyclic cosmology, or the big bounce, is the idea that the universe will eventually crunch back together and then go through ...

The standard model of cosmology may be the best explanation we've got for why the universe is the way it is and how it all came to be. But it's not the only explanation. Enter black hole cosmology. It ...

Generally speaking, black holes are regions of spacetime where matter is compressed into a tiny space. Dark matter, meanwhile ...

Black holes formed before the Big Bang may still exist as cosmic fossils, offering new clues about dark matter and the origin ...

I can accept the apparent violation of the light-speed-limit in the Big Bang theory by picturing there being no space at all before the BB. Before there was nothing, not even space. Then there was ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: But just because the Big Bang is our best answer for the beginning of everything, that doesn’t mean it’s the only one. In the early years, the main ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if our ...

What if the mysterious substance holding galaxies together is made of leftovers from a universe that existed before our own?

We all know that everything kicked off when the Big Bang exploded our universe into reality, right? Well, not necessarily. A ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American What do we really know about our universe?

Researchers at the University of Portsmouth in the UK have proposed a cosmic bounce ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Suppose at some point the universe ceases to expand, and instead begins collapsing in on itself (as in the “Big Crunch” scenario), and eventually becomes a supermassive black hole.