The largest-ever survey of physicists from around the world—released today—shows a distinct lack of consensus across many of ...

Cyclic cosmology, or the big bounce, is the idea that the universe will eventually crunch back together and then go through another big bang. Columnist Leah Crane finds that, appropriately, it’s comin ...

Historic physics poll: The largest-ever survey of physicists shows no majority support for most standard cosmological theories, including the ΛCDM model. Few consensus points: Physicists largely agree ...

The conclusion of DESI's first survey marks an important milestone for cosmology, which finds itself in a bind for the best reasons.

Larry de Ghetaldi (Merrill ’76, biology and chemistry), and Nicholas Suntzeff (Ph.D. ’80, astronomy) are recognized for ...

"The Story of Everything" documentary argues scientific discoveries about the universe, DNA and fine-tuning point to the existence of a creator God.

Physical cosmology, as a branch of astrophysics, is the study of the large-scale structure of the universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its formation and evolution. Cosmology ...

A six-year-old controversial theory that told of a time before the Big Bang is undergoing a resurgence, only to be lampooned again by its original critics. The theory of ekpyrotic cosmology was first ...

A new set of cosmological studies is raising questions about one of the deepest assumptions in modern physics: the idea 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 ...