Anaxagoras, a visionary Greek philosopher, foresaw concepts of expanding universe and multiple worlds centuries before modern science.

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

When the 49ers lost in the playoffs, some fans embraced a theory about electromagnetic waves instead of facing reality.

Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and other biological networks look the way they do. The prevailing theory held ...

Natural physical networks are continuous, three-dimensional objects, like the small mathematical model displayed here. Researchers have found that physical networks in living systems follow rules ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's official: "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" is coming to HBO Max in 2026. On July 9, the streaming service handed a series ...

In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve a major problem in algebraic geometry — using entirely alien techniques. It instantly captivated the field, stoking excitement in ...

Chris Impey has received funding from NASA, NSF, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Templeton Foundation. If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which ...

The universe’s expansion might not be accelerating but slowing down, a new study suggests. If confirmed, the finding would upend decades of established astronomical assumptions and rewrite our ...