While The Big Bang Theory and its unique premise had a rocky start, the sitcom became a globally recognized and pop culture ...

The universe has been expanding for 13.8 billion years, but this may not go on forever. According to some theories, we may be ...

A dam Riess was 27 years old when he began the work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics, and just 41 when he received ...

Part of the reason scientists have settled on the Big Bang theory as the best explanation of how the Universe came into being ...

Evidence supporting this theory includes the cosmic microwave background, a faint "echo" of the universe's early expansion that scientists can study in detail. While the Big Bang Theory is widely ...

Cosmic inflation tries to describe one brief but crucial phase in the Big Bang that launched the universe onto its expansion course. Credit: Christine Daniloff / MIT / ESA / Hubble / NASA Many ...

The record-breaking galaxy is revealing secrets about the first stars and their unexpected chemical fingerprints.

Cosmologists (a new branch of science developed in tandem with Hubble’s discoveries) have found that the Big Bang can explain the expansion of the universe, the appearance of the cosmic ...

Stephen Hawking had a clear, simple answer when asked what came before the Big Bang. Hawking, who died at the age of 76 in ...

While The Big Bang Theory began its run with a focus on ... more series regulars and recurring characters who all helped to expand the world of the main characters. The series also expanded ...